Table 1.
Demographic Characteristics (n = 1299) of patients surveyed using the two-item food insecurity screening tool at Cornell-Scott Hill Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut from January 2017 through February 2017.
| Characteristic | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Gender | ||
| Female | 759 | 58.4% |
| Male | 540 | 41.6 |
| Age Group | ||
| ≤17 | 222 | 17.1% |
| 18 – 30 | 146 | 11.2 |
| 1 – 45 | 316 | 24.3 |
| 46 – 65 | 488 | 37.6 |
| ≥66 | 127 | 9.8 |
| Ethnicity | ||
| Hispanic | 763 | 58.7% |
| Black | 388 | 29.9 |
| Asian | 9 | 0.7 |
| White | 130 | 10.0 |
| Other | 9 | 0.7 |
| Homeless Status | ||
| Homeless/Shelter/Street | 36 | 2.8% |
| Not Homeless | 1263 | 97.2 |