Table 1.
Children by food security status, 2001–2011
| Food Insecurity among Children |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Households with children | Total | No Food Insecurity |
Marginal Food Security among Adults |
Marginal Food Security among Children |
Total | Low Food Security |
Very Low Food Security |
| Panel A: Households by Food Security Status | |||||||
| All households | 100.0 | 68.0 | 10.6 | 11.7 | 9.6 | 8.8 | 0.8 |
| Official Predicted Income | |||||||
| Income <50% poverty threshold | 100.0 | 29.5 | 19.6 | 23.2 | 27.7 | 24.8 | 2.8 |
| Income 50%–99% poverty threshold | 100.0 | 33.2 | 19.0 | 22.6 | 25.2 | 22.7 | 2.5 |
| Income 100%–149% poverty threshold | 100.0 | 43.4 | 18.0 | 21.4 | 17.2 | 15.8 | 1.4 |
| Income 150%–199% poverty threshold | 100.0 | 53.3 | 15.8 | 18.7 | 12.2 | 11.3 | 0.9 |
| Income 200%–249% poverty threshold | 100.0 | 68.9 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 8.0 | 7.5 | 0.5 |
| Income 250%–299% poverty threshold | 100.0 | 77.7 | 9.0 | 8.1 | 5.2 | 4.9 | 0.3 |
| Income 300% or more of poverty threshold | 100.0 | 91.1 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0.1 |
| SPM Predicted Income | |||||||
| Income <50% poverty threshold | 100.0 | 29.3 | 19.7 | 23.3 | 27.8 | 24.9 | 2.9 |
| Income 50%–99% poverty threshold | 100.0 | 33.5 | 19.0 | 22.8 | 24.8 | 22.3 | 2.5 |
| Income 100%–149% poverty threshold | 100.0 | 44.2 | 18.0 | 21.1 | 16.7 | 15.3 | 1.4 |
| Income 150%–199% poverty threshold | 100.0 | 56.2 | 14.7 | 17.7 | 11.4 | 10.5 | 0.9 |
| Income 200%–249% poverty threshold | 100.0 | 71.8 | 10.8 | 10.5 | 7.0 | 6.6 | 0.4 |
| Income 250%–299% poverty threshold | 100.0 | 79.6 | 8.5 | 7.4 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 0.2 |
| Income 300% or more of poverty threshold | 100.0 | 92.3 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 0.1 |
| Panel B: Distribution of Households | |||||||
| Official Predicted Income | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Income <50% poverty threshold | 6.9 | 3.0 | 12.8 | 13.7 | 19.9 | 19.5 | 23.6 |
| Income 50%–99% poverty threshold | 10.6 | 5.2 | 18.9 | 20.5 | 27.7 | 27.3 | 32.3 |
| Income 100%–149% poverty threshold | 11.4 | 7.3 | 19.2 | 20.8 | 20.3 | 20.3 | 19.3 |
| Income 150%–199% poverty threshold | 10.5 | 8.2 | 15.6 | 16.8 | 13.3 | 13.4 | 11.8 |
| Income 200%–249% poverty threshold | 10.0 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.2 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 6.1 |
| Income 250%–299% poverty threshold | 7.8 | 9.0 | 6.6 | 5.4 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 2.9 |
| Income 300% or more of poverty threshold | 42.8 | 57.3 | 16.4 | 12.6 | 6.4 | 6.6 | 4.0 |
| SPM Predicted Income | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 100.0 |
| Income <50% poverty threshold | 7.3 | 3.2 | 13.6 | 14.6 | 21.2 | 20.8 | 25.3 |
| Income 50%–99% poverty threshold | 10.8 | 5.3 | 19.3 | 21.1 | 27.9 | 27.4 | 32.4 |
| Income 100%–149% poverty threshold | 12.1 | 7.9 | 20.5 | 21.9 | 21.0 | 21.0 | 20.0 |
| Income 150%–199% poverty threshold | 11.7 | 9.7 | 16.2 | 17.7 | 13.8 | 14.0 | 12.5 |
| Income 200%–249% poverty threshold | 10.1 | 10.6 | 10.2 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 7.6 | 4.3 |
| Income 250%–299% poverty threshold | 9.2 | 10.8 | 7.4 | 5.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 2.5 |
| Income 300% or more of poverty threshold | 38.8 | 52.6 | 12.9 | 9.9 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 2.9 |
| N | 152,363 | 106,117 | 16,761 | 15,629 | 13,856 | 12,643 | 1,213 |
Note: "No Food Insecurity" includes households reporting no food insecure conditions; "Marginal Food Security among Adults, No Child Food Insecurity" includes households reporting at least one food insecure condition among adults, but none among children; "Marginal Food Security among Children" includes households reporting one food insecure condition among children; "Low Food Security among Children" includes households reporting between two and four food insecure conditions among children; "Very Low Food Security among Children" includes households reporting five or more food insecure conditions among children. Income-to-Needs ratio categories are based on the median value of continuous income in each income band.
Source: Authors' calculations of the 2001–2011 Current Population Survey, Food Security Supplement.