Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of households receiving assistance from West Cheshire Foodbank in 2013
| Number of households (n) | Proportion of households (%) | Mean annual visits | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age group a | 17–24 | 300 | 14.1 | 2.5 |
| 25–64 | 1783 | 83.8 | 3.6 | |
| 65 and older | 45 | 2.1 | 2.9 | |
| Rooflessness status | Housed | 2038 | 95.8 | 3.4 |
| Roofless | 90 | 4.2 | 3.6 | |
| Household type | One person | 1312 | 61.7 | 3.7 |
| Couple, no children | 188 | 8.8 | 2.9 | |
| Couple parent with children | 363 | 17.1 | 3.1 | |
| Lone parent with children | 224 | 10.5 | 2.8 | |
| Other b household type | 41 | 1.9 | 2.5 | |
| Reason for referral | Benefit change | 386 | 18.1 | 3.3 |
| Benefit delay | 827 | 38.9 | 3.7 | |
| Debt | 191 | 9.0 | 3.3 | |
| Domestic abuse | 22 | 1.0 | 2.2 | |
| Low income | 304 | 14.3 | 3.5 | |
| Sickness/ill health | 28 | 1.3 | 2.9 | |
| Unemployed | 30 | 1.4 | 2.4 | |
| ‘Other’ c reason | 340 | 16.0 | 3.1 | |
| Index of Multiple Deprivation quintile | 1 (most deprived) | 1449 | 68.1 | 3.4 |
| 2 | 342 | 16.1 | 3.2 | |
| 3 | 114 | 5.4 | 3.7 | |
| 4 | 117 | 5.5 | 2.6 | |
| 5 (least deprived) | 106 | 5.0 | 5.5 | |
| Income Deprivation quintile | 1 (most deprived) | 1386 | 65.1 | 3.3 |
| 2 | 397 | 18.7 | 3.6 | |
| 3 | 106 | 5.0 | 2.7 | |
| 4 | 145 | 6.8 | 3.6 | |
| 5 (least deprived) | 94 | 4.4 | 4.5 | |
| Total | 2128 | 100.0 | 3.4 | |
a Age group relates to the person claiming the food parcel only
b ‘Other’ households are those containing three or more adults, approximately half of which also contained children
c Includes child holiday meals, delayed wages, refused crisis loan, refused short-term benefit advance, and homelessness