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Food Insecurity in Higher Income Households

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  • Nord, Mark
  • Brent, C. Philip

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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.

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  • Nord, Mark & Brent, C. Philip, 2002. "Food Insecurity in Higher Income Households," Miscellaneous Publications 344960, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersmp:344960
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.344960
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    1. Andrews, Margaret & Nord, Mark & Bickel, Gary & Carlson, Steven, 2000. "Household Food Security in the United States, 1999," Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Reports 333969, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
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    1. Rabbitt, Matthew P. & Reed-Jones, Madeline & Hales, Laura J. & Burke, Michael P., 2024. "Statistical Supplement to Household Food Security in the United States in 2023," Administrative Publications 344962, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

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