Food Insecurity in Higher Income Households

Mark Nord and C. Philip Brent

No 344960, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service

Abstract: Twenty percent of U.S. households classified as food insecure had midrange or high incomes, according to responses to the 1995-97 Current Population Survey. This study investigates the extent to which these households are food insecure and what proportion of them may have been identified as food insecure because of problems in the measurement methods. The study finds that a small proportion, at most, of measured food insecurity among middle- and high-income households appears to be due to misunderstanding of questions or to random or erratic responses. Some households in these income groups are food insecure due to factors such as uneven incomes or changes in household composition during the year or to the existence of multiple economic units in the same household.

Keywords: Consumer/Household Economics; Food Security and Poverty; Research Methods/ Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 50
Date: 2002-09
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.344960

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