Exhibit 1:
Characteristics of sample to analyze impact of food insecurity on health-related missed workdays and hospitalizations, weighted, 2011 – 2018
| Characteristic | Health-Related Missed Workdays | Hospitalizations | ||||
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| Total N = 2,910,104 | Food Insecure N = 438,803 | Food Secure N = 2,471,301 | Total N = 5,135,950 | Food Insecure N = 1,254,208 | Food Secure N = 3,881,742 | |
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| Age (mean) | 50.33 | 50.36 | 50.32 | 52.35 | 52.40 | 52.34 |
| Sex (%) | ||||||
| Female | 47.23 | 45.09 | 47.61 | 50.83 | 50.32 | 51.00 |
| Male | 52.77 | 54.91 | 52.39 | 49.17 | 49.68 | 49.00 |
| Race/Ethnicity (%) | ||||||
| Hispanic | 15.74 | 16.12 | 15.67 | 15.99 | 16.54 | 15.81 |
| American Indian/Alaskan Native |
0.93 |
0.77 |
0.96 |
1.14 |
1.01 |
1.18 |
| Asian | 4.46 | 3.81 | 4.57 | 3.59 | 3.18 | 3.73 |
| Black/African American |
16.23 |
17.41 |
16.03 |
18.06 |
18.72 |
17.84 |
| Other Race and/or Multiple Races |
1.45 |
1.69 |
1.40 |
1.81 |
1.91 |
1.78 |
| White | 61.19 | 60.21 | 61.37 | 59.42 | 58.65 | 59.66 |
| Education (%) | ||||||
| Some college or higher | 62.58 | 63.25 | 62.46 | 53.26 | 53.04 | 53.34 |
| High school diploma, GED, or equivalent | 26.33 | 25.83 | 26.42 | 28.33 | 27.98 | 28.44 |
| Less than high school diploma | 11.09 | 10.92 | 11.12 | 18.41 | 18.98 | 18.22 |
| Income level (%) | ||||||
| Percent of poverty | ||||||
| Less than 100% | 10.93 | 10.54 | 11.00 | 24.41 | 25.01 | 24.21 |
| 100 – 199% | 16.32 | 17.22 | 16.16 | 20.94 | 21.25 | 20.84 |
| 200 – 299% | 16.42 | 16.64 | 16.39 | 14.82 | 14.75 | 14.85 |
| 300 – 399% | 14.82 | 13.56 | 15.05 | 11.53 | 10.96 | 11.72 |
| 400 – 499% | 12.29 | 13.42 | 12.09 | 9.01 | 9.74 | 8.77 |
| 500% and above | 29.21 | 28.62 | 29.32 | 19.30 | 18.30 | 19.62 |
| Insurance (%) | ||||||
| Private | 70.9 | 69.72 | 71.16 | 51.03 | 50.07 | 51.35 |
| Military Health Plan | 0.99 | 1.22 | 0.95 | 1.66 | 1.85 | 1.60 |
| Medicare | 2.19 | 2.19 | 2.19 | 10.55 | 10.77 | 10.48 |
| Medicaid | 6.32 | 7.22 | 6.15 | 12.47 | 13.03 | 12.29 |
| Medicare & Medicaid | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 6.32 | 6.39 | 6.30 |
| Other health insurance | 6.03 | 5.44 | 6.13 | 6.37 | 6.08 | 6.46 |
| Uninsured | 12.73 | 13.40 | 12.61 | 11.58 | 11.80 | 11.51 |
SOURCE: Authors’ analysis of National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) data, including the NHIS Survey Family Food Security Supplement, 2011–2018. NOTES: Households responding affirmatively to 3 or more of the 10 questions on the Supplement about food security over the previous 30 days were categorized as food insecure and otherwise as food secure. The main NHIS questionnaire asked respondents about health-related missed workdays and overnight hospitalizations over the previous 12 months. N’s, means, and percentages are weighted using a combination of NHIS survey weights and entropy balancing weights. Only respondents who reported employment were asked about missed work; therefore, the sample of individuals included in the health-related missed workdays analysis was smaller than the sample of individuals included in the overnight hospitalizations analysis. Racial groups are non-Hispanic. Poverty level represents the US Census Bureau’s poverty threshold, which accounts for household size and inflation across survey years. Private health insurance includes all comprehensive private health plans, including employer-sponsored commercial insurance and insurance purchased in the individual insurance market.