Table 1.
Frequency of characteristics: national and regional samples.
| Variables | National sample* | Regional sample† | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | %‡ | n | %‡ | |
| Being at risk for food insecurity | ||||
| Yes | 1,305 | 28.72 | 2,484 | 31.68 |
| No | 3,504 | 71.28 | 11,002 | 68.32 |
| Age | ||||
| 18–29 | 566 | 17.51 | 1,464 | 18.35 |
| 30–44 | 1,346 | 23.86 | 2,854 | 25.68 |
| 45–59 | 1,153 | 25.05 | 3,238 | 23.46 |
| 60+ | 1,744 | 33.58 | 5,930 | 32.51 |
| Having financial stress | ||||
| Yes | 2,097 | 45.87 | 4.947 | 51.87 |
| No | 2,712 | 54.13 | 8,539 | 48.13 |
| Working in the past 7 days | ||||
| Yes | 2,296 | 46.84 | 6,692 | 46.12 |
| No | 2,513 | 53.16 | 6,794 | 53.88 |
| Having received SNAP or food stamps | ||||
| Yes | 581 | 11.29 | 1,043 | 13.90 |
| No | 4,228 | 88.71 | 12,443 | 86.10 |
| Having received food from a food pantry | ||||
| Yes | 358 | 7.60 | 644 | 8.50 |
| No | 4,451 | 92.40 | 12,842 | 91.50 |
| Covered by health insurance | ||||
| Yes | 4,480 | 92.82 | 12,834 | 89.60 |
| No | 329 | 7.18 | 652 | 10.40 |
| Being a female | ||||
| Yes | 2,538 | 53.36 | 7,889 | 52.75 |
| No | 2,271 | 46.64 | 5,597 | 47.25 |
| Being a minority | ||||
| Yes | 1,633 | 34.81 | 2,947 | 40.26 |
| No | 3,176 | 65.19 | 10,539 | 59.74 |
| Household income | ||||
| Less than $10,000 | 256 | 5.65 | 664 | 9.03 |
| Between $10,000 and $29,999 | 1,013 | 21.14 | 2,114 | 22.63 |
| Between $30,000 and $49,999 | 962 | 19.52 | 2,199 | 17.54 |
| Between $50,000 and $99,999 | 1,587 | 31.56 | 4,427 | 28.18 |
| More than $100,000 | 991 | 22.12 | 4,082 | 22.63 |
| Education | ||||
| Less than high school | 240 | 9.73 | 357 | 8.56 |
| High school | 865 | 27.15 | 1,407 | 27.66 |
| Some college | 2,045 | 28.98 | 3,832 | 31.59 |
| College or above | 1,659 | 34.13 | 7,890 | 32.19 |
| Household size | ||||
| One | 1,516 | 35.20 | 4,183 | 28.01 |
| Two | 1,346 | 25.67 | 5,200 | 33.03 |
| Three | 688 | 13.72 | 1,862 | 16.04 |
| Four | 479 | 9.64 | 1,340 | 11.63 |
| Five | 308 | 5.96 | 584 | 6.67 |
| Six or more | 472 | 9.82 | 317 | 4.63 |
| Census region | ||||
| Northeast | 709 | 18.01 | 1,534 | 14.76 |
| Midwest | 1,212 | 21.03 | 3,889 | 18.67 |
| South | 1,695 | 38.47 | 4,210 | 36.94 |
| West | 1,193 | 22.49 | 3,853 | 29.62 |
| Are of residence | ||||
| Urban | 3,474 | 70.39 | 10,816 | 81.78 |
| Suburban | 935 | 20.19 | 2,001 | 13.72 |
| Rural | 400 | 9.42 | 669 | 4.51 |
*
N = 4,809.
†
N = 13,486.
‡
Weighted percentages.