Table 2.

Items Means and Standard Deviations For Scales and Items

Memories of Child Food Insecurity
As a child, how often were the following true: (Never = 0, Always = 4)	Mean	Standard Deviation
The food that your family bought just didn’t last, and you didn’t have money to get more.	0.71	0.93
People in your household cut the size of meals or skipped meals because there wasn’t enough money for food.	0.51	0.84
Memories of Food-Related Stress	1.49	0.88
We changed the way we ate when money was tight.	1.60	1.17
Wasting food was a big deal with my family.	2.10	1.46
There was plenty of food in my home. (reverse coded)	0.93	1.13
There were times we had to go without foods that we enjoyed because we could not afford them.	1.23	1.13
We could afford steak when we wanted. (reverse coded)	2.21	1.23
Current Food Related Stress	1.57	0.86
In the last 12 months, how often were the following true: (Never = 0, Always = 4)
We change our diet at the end of the month when money was tight.	0.92	1.05
We made sure we do not waste food.	2.67	1.21
We could afford all the foods we enjoy. (reverse coded)	1.46	1.09
I made food choices based on what we can afford.	2.34	1.23

^*Cronbach’s alpha values reported for scale after removal of food waste items, which were not internally consistent with other items for either scale.