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. 2016 Sep;37(3):373-382.
doi: 10.1007/s10834-016-9500-9. Epub 2016 Jul 25.

A Decade of Change: Measuring the Extent, Depth and Severity of Food Insecurity

Kelly Stamper Balistreri  1
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A Decade of Change: Measuring the Extent, Depth and Severity of Food Insecurity

Kelly Stamper Balistreri. J Fam Econ Issues. 2016 Sep.

Abstract

Rates of food insecurity in the US have been rising since 2000 spiking with the onset of the Great Recession in 2008, and have remained essentially unchanged since then despite improvements in the economy. The present study employed a series of indices adapted from the poverty literature to examine the depth and severity of food insecurity across the decade by race and ethnicity among low-income households with and without children. The most rapid increases in the depth and severity of food insecurity were found among low-income households without children. Non-Hispanic White households with and without children had lower prevalence rates but steeper increases in the depth and severity of food insecurity throughout the decade. Non-Hispanic Black households with and without children were at the most disadvantaged among low-income populations.

Keywords: Food·insecurity; Low-income; Race/ethnicity.

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