TABLE 2.

Use of food sources by food security status among shoppers in communities of low income and low food access(n = 513)

Food Source				High Food Security n = 86		Marginal Food Security n = 106		Low Food Security n = 167		Very Low Food Security n = 154
Did you or anyone in your household get food from any of the following places in the past year? (yes)	Total n	Yes n	Yes %	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%
Church/social services food box or basket	512	275	53.71	26	30.23	60	56.60	97	58.43	92	59.74
Food bank or pantry	513	273	53.22	20	23.26	61	57.55	88	53.01	104	67.10
Farmers’ marketa	513	226	44.05	39	45.35	40	37.74	78	46.99	69	44.52
Family, friend, neighbor	513	179	34.89	15	17.44	29	27.36	58	34.94	77	49.68
Soup kitchen or shelter	513	115	22.42	9	10.47	29	27.36	25	15.06	52	33.55
Hunting, fishing, trapping animals	513	97	18.91	18	20.93	18	16.98	32	19.28	29	18.71
Community, school, church garden	513	61	11.89	2	2.33	12	11.32	24	14.46	23	14.84
Home garden or animals	512	51	9.96	9	10.47	16	15.09	13	7.83	13	8.44
Senior center meals	512	39	7.62	6	6.98	8	7.55	15	9.04	10	6.49
Food provided at work	512	38	7.42	5	5.81	9	8.49	13	7.83	11	7.14
Home-delivered meals	513	27	5.26	2	2.33	5	4.72	6	3.61	14	9.03
Households with childrenb
Free or reduced school breakfast or lunch	171	122	71.35	12	60.00	26	72.22	44	70.97	40	75.47
Food at an after-school or summer program	170	48	28.24	3	15.00	12	33.33	16	25.81	17	32.69

^aSome farmers’ markets accepted SNAP, WIC Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program vouchers, Seniors’ Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program vouchers, and/or provided a SNAP incentive program.

^bHouseholds with one or more children, n = 171