Disparities and Determinants of Food Insecurity for New Mexico’s Unique Populations

Katherine M. Gutierrez ()
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Katherine M. Gutierrez: Williams College

Journal of Economics, Race, and Policy, 2023, vol. 6, issue 4, No 1, 233-245

Abstract: Abstract New Mexico, a majority-minority state, had the second-highest poverty rate in the USA (19.5%) and a highest rate of food insecurity (16.8%) in 2019. Its unique history means that nearly half of Hispanics in the state are from families that can trace their ancestral arrival back to the late 1500 s, an understudied subgroup called Hispaños (old New Mexican families). I use the Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement for the state of NM from 2000 to 2018 to look at food insecurity by Hispanic origin and nativity, attempting to isolate Hispaño households from other Hispanic origin households. Using linear probability models, results show that foreign- and native-born Hispanics were more likely to experience food insecurity than non-Hispanic New Mexicans of any nativity. Within those groups, Hispaños are less likely than their Mexican-origin peers to be food insecure. These results emphasize the importance of data disaggregation, and the results show promising results for further investigation into the outcomes of Hispanics with long-standing ties to an area versus those who are more recent arrivals.

Keywords: Food security; Health disparities; New Mexico; Hispanic; Hispaño (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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