All Members of Households Age, Gender, and Citizenship Composition (5.3.2)

Table 5.3.2
AGE, GENDER, AND CITIZENSHIP COMPOSITION
(All Members of Households)a, b

	All Members of Household, Pantry	All Members of Household, Kitchen	All Members of Household, Shelter	All Members of Household, All Programs
Age
0-3	5.5%	3.2%	3.3%	5.1%
4-5	3.3%	1.9%	1.9%	3.1%
6-17	30.4%	18.4%	11.3%	28.2%
18-29	11.8%	11.7%	15.1%	11.9%
30-49	24.8%	37.6%	48.4%	27.2%
50-64	13.8%	18.3%	17.5%	14.5%
65 and over	10.5%	9.0%	2.4%	10.0%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
SAMPLE SIZE (N) c	104,415	18,755	6,652	129,822
Gender
Male	45.6%	56.9%	67.9%	47.9%
Female	54.4%	43.1%	32.1%	52.1%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

U.S. Citizen
Yes	91.9%	94.7%	94.5%	92.4%
No	8.1%	5.3%	5.5%	7.6%
TOTAL	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%
SAMPLE SIZE (N)	100,773	18,139	6,117	125,029

Source:
This table was constructed based on usable responses to questions 2, 3, 5, 6a, and 6b of the client survey.

Notes:
The percentages presented in this table are based only on usable responses, excluding missing, don’t know, and refusal responses. All usable responses were weighted as described in Chapter 3 and in the Technical Appendix volume to represent all emergency food clients of the A2H National Network. The sample sizes (N) also include missing data.

For age, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 1.8% for pantry clients, 2.8% for kitchen clients, 2.9% for shelter clients, and 2.0% for all clients.

For gender, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 1.1% for pantry clients, 0.9% for kitchen clients, 2.0% for shelter clients, and 1.1% for all clients.

For citizenship, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 0.9% for pantry clients, 0.8% for kitchen clients, 2.0% for shelter clients, and 0.9% for all clients.

a Data available for at most 10 members of household. See the Technical Appendix volume for details.

b In early tabulations of the 2005 "client age" data, we found that the estimated percentages changed somewhat when we made changes in how we dealt with inconsistent data and how we applied algorithms for imputing missing data for households with numbers of members exceeding the size of the grid. In the end, however, because of A2H’s need for as much comparability as possible between years, essentially the 2001 data cleaning procedures were used in the estimates presented in this table.

c The sample sizes for age variables may be larger than those for the other two variables in this table. This is because the client questionnaire had additional questions to identify household members who are younger than age 18 and whether the household has any children between ages 0 and 5.

When we consider all members of client households, 8.2% are ages 0 to 5, 28.2% ages 6 to 17, 11.9% ages 18 to 29, 27.2% ages 30 to 49, 14.5% ages 50 to 64, and 10.0% ages 65 and older. Information on age distribution, as well as gender and citizenship distributions, by program type follows:

Among all members of pantry client households, 8.8% are ages 0 to 5; 30.4% ages 6 to 17; 11.8% ages 18 to 29; 24.8% ages 30 to 49, 13.8% ages 50 to 64, and 10.5% ages 65 and older.
45.6% of all members of pantry client households are male.
91.9% of all members of pantry client households are U.S. citizens.
Among all members of kitchen client households, 5.1% are ages 0 to 5; 18.4% ages 6 to 17; 11.7% ages 18 to 29; 37.6% 30 to 49; 18.3% ages 50 to 64, and 9.0% ages 65 and older.
56.9% of all members of kitchen client households are male.
94.7% of all members of kitchen client households are U.S. citizens.
Among all members of shelter client households, 5.2% are ages 0 and 5; 11.3% ages 6 and 17; 15.1% ages 18 to 29; 48.4% ages 30 to 49; 17.5% ages 50 to 64; and 2.4% ages 65 and older.
67.9% of all members of shelter client households are male.
94.5% of all members of shelter client households are U.S. citizens.