Marital Status (5.4)
Clients were also asked about their marital status. Table 5.4.1 presents the findings.
TABLE 5.4.1
MARITAL STATUS
(Adults Interviewed
at A2H Emergency Food Providers)
Clients’ Marital Status |
Adult Clients Who Pick Up Food at a Pantry |
Adult Clients at a Kitchen |
Adult Clients at a Shelter |
Adult Clients at All Program Sites |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Married |
27.6% |
15.6% |
7.0% |
24.2% |
Living as married |
6.2% |
5.9% |
2.3% |
5.9% |
Widowed |
14.3% |
9.4% |
6.0% |
12.9% |
Divorced |
18.3% |
20.7% |
28.0% |
19.3% |
Separated |
9.6% |
9.9% |
12.5% |
9.9% |
Never been married |
24.1% |
38.4% |
44.1% |
27.9% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) |
37,986 |
10,667 |
4,225 |
52,878 |
SOURCE:
This table was constructed based on
usable responses to Question 9 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.
Missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 1.3% for pantry clients, 1.8% for kitchen clients, 2.5% for shelter clients, and 1.4% for all clients
Key Findings include:
- Overall, 24.2% of the clients at all program sites are
married.
- The percentage of married clients at pantry programs is 27.6%.
- The percentage of married clients at kitchen programs is 15.6%.
- The percentage of married clients at shelter programs is 7.0%. - 5.9% of the clients at all program sites are living as married.
- 12.9% of the clients at all program sites are widowed.
- 9.9% of the clients at all program sites are separated.
- 27.9% of the clients at all program sites have never been married