Table A.2.
Food insecurity among children and percentage distribution of households by food insecurity status, 2001–2011
| Food Insecurity among Children | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No Food Insecurity |
Marginal Food Security among Adults |
Marginal Food Security among Children |
Total | Low Food Security |
Very Low Food Security |
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| Households with children | % | Distrib. | % | Distrib. | % | Distrib. | % | Distrib. | % | Distrib. | % | Distrib. |
| Sociodemographic Characteristics | ||||||||||||
| White | 75.9 | 67.5 | 8.7 | 49.2 | 9.3 | 48.1 | 6.1 | 38.4 | 5.7 | 39.2 | 0.4 | 30.2 |
| Black | 50.7 | 10.1 | 14.9 | 19.1 | 17.5 | 20.4 | 16.9 | 23.9 | 15.2 | 23.6 | 1.7 | 27.3 |
| Other | 72.3 | 7.8 | 9.6 | 6.6 | 9.6 | 6.1 | 8.5 | 6.5 | 7.9 | 6.6 | 0.7 | 5.9 |
| Hispanic | 53.3 | 14.5 | 14.4 | 25.1 | 16.1 | 25.4 | 16.3 | 31.2 | 14.6 | 30.7 | 1.7 | 36.6 |
| Two people in the household | 53.1 | 6.5 | 15.0 | 11.7 | 16.7 | 11.8 | 15.2 | 13.0 | 13.7 | 12.9 | 1.4 | 14.2 |
| Three people in the household | 70.7 | 30.7 | 11.0 | 30.5 | 9.8 | 24.7 | 8.6 | 26.4 | 7.8 | 26.3 | 0.8 | 27.6 |
| Four people in the household | 72.9 | 37.8 | 9.3 | 30.7 | 10.3 | 31.0 | 7.5 | 27.5 | 7.0 | 27.9 | 0.6 | 23.7 |
| Five or more people in the household | 63.3 | 25.0 | 10.8 | 27.2 | 14.1 | 32.4 | 11.9 | 33.1 | 10.8 | 32.9 | 1.1 | 34.5 |
| No children less than aged 6 present | 67.0 | 75.2 | 9.7 | 69.3 | 9.7 | 82.2 | 10.7 | 84.5 | 9.7 | 83.9 | 1.0 | 90.9 |
| Child less than aged 6 present | 71.2 | 24.9 | 13.8 | 30.7 | 6.0 | 17.8 | 6.3 | 15.5 | 6.0 | 16.1 | 0.3 | 9.1 |
| No person aged 65 or older present | 68.1 | 96.0 | 10.6 | 95.7 | 11.7 | 95.8 | 9.6 | 95.8 | 8.8 | 95.8 | 0.8 | 96.5 |
| Person aged 65 or older present | 66.9 | 4.0 | 11.1 | 4.3 | 12.1 | 4.2 | 9.9 | 4.2 | 9.2 | 4.3 | 0.7 | 3.5 |
| Parents born in the U.S. | 69.4 | 79.7 | 10.5 | 76.9 | 11.5 | 76.7 | 8.7 | 70.6 | 8.0 | 71.0 | 0.7 | 66.6 |
| At least one parent born outside the US | 63.3 | 20.3 | 11.2 | 23.1 | 12.5 | 23.3 | 13.0 | 29.4 | 11.7 | 29.1 | 1.3 | 33.4 |
| Single parent | 49.9 | 22.6 | 15.3 | 44.2 | 17.7 | 46.6 | 17.3 | 55.2 | 15.6 | 54.6 | 1.7 | 61.3 |
| Married parents | 76.1 | 77.4 | 8.6 | 55.8 | 9.0 | 53.4 | 6.3 | 44.8 | 5.8 | 45.4 | 0.5 | 38.7 |
| Neither parent completed high school | 40.3 | 6.2 | 16.6 | 16.3 | 19.9 | 17.8 | 23.2 | 25.1 | 21.1 | 25.1 | 2.0 | 25.7 |
| At least one parent completed high school, no more | 55.5 | 20.2 | 14.7 | 34.2 | 16.4 | 34.8 | 13.4 | 34.5 | 12.2 | 34.4 | 1.2 | 36.0 |
| At least one parent completed some college, no B.A. | 70.1 | 40.1 | 10.6 | 38.6 | 11.1 | 37.0 | 8.3 | 33.3 | 7.5 | 33.3 | 0.7 | 33.4 |
| At least one parent has Bachelor's degree or more | 88.2 | 33.5 | 4.5 | 10.9 | 4.7 | 10.4 | 2.7 | 7.1 | 2.5 | 7.3 | 0.2 | 5.0 |
| At least one parent employed FT (35+ hours) | 73.9 | 88.4 | 9.1 | 69.6 | 10.0 | 69.4 | 7.1 | 59.8 | 6.6 | 60.6 | 0.5 | 51.4 |
| At least one parent employed PT (<35 hours), no FT | 48.7 | 4.5 | 16.8 | 9.9 | 18.2 | 9.8 | 16.4 | 10.7 | 14.7 | 10.5 | 1.7 | 12.7 |
| No employed parents | 39.3 | 7.1 | 17.8 | 20.5 | 19.8 | 20.8 | 23.2 | 29.5 | 20.7 | 28.9 | 2.4 | 35.9 |
| No disabled parents | 69.5 | 97.8 | 10.4 | 93.3 | 11.3 | 92.4 | 8.8 | 87.3 | 8.1 | 87.8 | 0.7 | 82.5 |
| At least one parent is disabled | 35.2 | 2.3 | 16.3 | 6.7 | 20.3 | 7.6 | 28.2 | 12.7 | 24.8 | 12.2 | 3.4 | 17.5 |
| Housing is rented or occupied without payment | 46.0 | 21.6 | 17.0 | 50.9 | 18.6 | 50.7 | 18.4 | 60.7 | 16.6 | 59.8 | 1.8 | 70.1 |
| Housing is owned by household member | 78.3 | 78.5 | 7.7 | 49.1 | 8.5 | 49.3 | 5.6 | 39.3 | 5.2 | 40.2 | 0.4 | 29.9 |
| N | 152363 | 106117 | 152363 | 16761 | 152363 | 15629 | 152363 | 13856 | 152363 | 12643 | 152363 | 1213 |
Note: Estimates of food insecurity are based on 2001–2011 CPS FSS and excludes cases with missing information on family income reported in the FSS. Sample sizes are unweighted; percentages are weighted using the appropriate supplement weight. The table does not include information on mother's age, year of survey, and state of residence.