Table 1.

Sociodemographic characteristics of food bank users in Germany, 2017.

Characteristics of Food Bank Users	Mean	Standard Deviation	Median	% of Users
Users	1559	3126	726	100
Adult users	1120	2684	480	72
Child recipients	440	724	209	28
Households	696	952	300	/
Characteristics of Households of Food Bank Users	Mean	Standard Deviation	Median	% of Households 2
Households receiving unemployment pay II 1	260	436	115	49
Households receiving social security for asylum seekers	139	255	80	26
Senior households receiving low pension or minimum social security	83	131	40	16
Households receiving minimum security or disability benefits	37	63	18	7
Households with low labor income	10	25	0	2
Households with other income/no income	6	19	0	1

Note: For the characteristics of food bank users, data of 366 participating food banks were available and for the characteristics of households of food bank users, data of 152 participating food banks were available; excl. individuals who receive food from other noncharitable organizations such as women’s shelters, schools, youth clubs, etc. that are delivered by delivery food banks; ¹ unemployment pay II is a basic security benefit for job-seekers; ² in rounded percent of the overall sum of households for which the source of household income was available.