Health Status (8.1)
Clients were asked to indicate their health status, then to indicate whether anyone (or anyone else) in their household was in poor health. Table 8.1.1 summarizes the results.
Table 8.1.1
HEALTH 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Clients who indicated that their health was… |
|
|
|
|
Excellent |
9.5% |
15.9% |
14.4% |
10.9% |
Very good |
14.1% |
16.8% |
18.6% |
14.9% |
Good |
28.0% |
27.5% |
27.4% |
27.9% |
Fair |
31.0% |
27.0% |
24.6% |
29.9% |
Poor |
17.4% |
12.8% |
15.0% |
16.4% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Clients who indicated that someone else in the household was in poor health |
|
|
|
|
Yes |
19.9% |
9.8% |
3.7% |
17.1% |
No |
46.6% |
28.9% |
13.0% |
41.3% |
Live alone |
33.5% |
61.3% |
83.3% |
41.6% |
TOTAL |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
100.0% |
|
|
|
|
|
Households with at least one member reported to be in poor health |
31.7% |
20.3% |
17.9% |
28.8% |
SAMPLE SIZE (N) |
37,986 |
10,667 |
4,225 |
52,878 |
Source:
This table was constructed based on usable responses to
questions 20 and 21 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 client health, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 1.3% for pantry clients, 1.5% for kitchen clients, 1.2% for shelter clients, and 1.3% for all clients.
For poor health of anyone in household, missing, don’t know, and refusal responses combined are 2.1% for pantry clients, 1.8% for kitchen clients, 1.9% for shelter clients, and 2.0% for all clients.
Overall, 16.4% of the clients at all program sites are in poor health, and 28.8% of the client households have one or more members in poor health. More details follow:
- Among pantry clients, 9.5% were in excellent health, 14.1% in very good health, 28.0% in good health, and 48.4% in fair or poor health.
- Among kitchen clients, 15.9% were in excellent health, 16.8% in very good health, 27.5% in good health, and 39.8% in fair or poor health.
- Among shelter clients, 14.4% were in excellent health, 18.6% in very good health, 27.4% in good health, and 39.6% in fair or poor health.
- 31.7% of the pantry client households had at least one person in poor health.
- 20.3% of the kitchen client households had at least one person in poor health.
- 17.9% of the shelter client households had at least one person in poor
health.
