0. Sample Disclaimer
- This set of analyses on food insecurity is based on responses collected from 4,325 caregivers between the dates of August 11th 2020 and March 20th 2021. These caregivers represent a range of voices: 7.06% are non-Latinx Black/African American, 13.17% are Latinx, and 27.39% live at or below 1.5 times the federal poverty line. Proportions/percentages are calculated based on the item-level response rates, not out of the total sample size. The data for these analyses are not weighted.
## [1] "2020-08-11 07:02:30 UTC"
## [1] "2021-03-19 23:12:06 UTC"
## fi_rct$race_ethnic n percent valid_percent
## Black 270 0.0647948164 0.0648415
## Latinx 545 0.1307895368 0.1308838
## White 3349 0.8036957043 0.8042747
## <NA> 3 0.0007199424 NA
## fi_rct$poverty_cat n percent valid_percent
## Above 150%FPL 3000 0.719942405 0.7262164
## Below 150%FPL 1131 0.271418287 0.2737836
## <NA> 36 0.008639309 NA
1. Prevalence of Food Insecurity
- Survey Questions: For these following statements, please indicate whether the statement was often true, sometimes true, or never true for your household prior to/since the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic:
- I1. The food that we bought just didn’t last, and we didn’t have money to get more (often true/sometimes true/never true)
- I2. We couldn’t afford to eat balanced meals (often true/sometimes true/never true)
- I3. Did you or other adult in your household ever cut the size of your meal or skip meals because there wasn’t enough money for food? (yes/no)
- I4. if yes (I3), how often did this happen? (almost every month/some months but not every month/in only 1 or 2 months)
- I5. Did you ever eat less than you felt you should because there wasn’t enough money for food? (yes/no)
- I6. Were you ever hungry but didn’t eat because there wasn’t enough money for food? (yes/no)
- Note.
- Food insecurity data were collected on weeks 19, 21, 23, 25, 27, 31, 33, 35, 39, 41, 45, 49 follow-up surveys.
- Total scores of the six items were calculated, and families were considered in the “food insecurity” category if their total score was at or above 2.
1.3 By Child Disability Status
1.4 By Single Parent Status
