Table 2.
Responses to Food Insecurity Questions from patients surveyed at the Cornell-Scott Hill Health Center in New Haven, Connecticut from January 2017 through February 2017.
| Characteristic | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Worried food would run out before got money to buy more | ||
| Never True | 746 | 57.4% |
| Sometimes True | 480 | 37.0 |
| Always True | 46 | 3.5 |
| Refued to Answer | 27 | 2.1 |
| Food bought just didn’t last & didn’t have money to get more | ||
| Never True | 793 | 61.0% |
| Sometimes True | 421 | 32.4 |
| Always True | 56 | 4.3 |
| Refused to Answer | 29 | 2.2 |
| Food Insecurity (n = 1272) | ||
| No | 738 | 58.0% |
| Yes | 534 | 42.0% |