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Section 10.5.2

10.5.2 - Number of Additional Services, by Program Type

Table 10.5.2 shows the distribution of the number of additional services emergency food programs offer to their clients.

Table 10.5.2
NUMBER OF ADDITIONAL SERVICES, BY PROGRAM TYPE

  Pantry Programs Kitchen Programs Shelter Programs
Number of additional services or facilities provided by programs      
No other service 8.1% 6.4% 4.7%
1 other service 27.1% 28.1% 5.2%
2-5 other services 38.8% 41.8% 28.3%
More than 10 other services 7.6% 6.8% 23.4%
TOTAL 100% 100% 100%
SAMPLE SIZE (N) 12,468 2,853 2,131
       
Average number of additional services among those that provide at least one such service 4 4 8
Median number of additional services among those that provide at least one such service 3 3 7
SAMPLE SIZE (N) 10,900 2,376 1,930

Source 
This table was constructed based on usable responses to Question 4 of the agency survey.
 
Notes 
All usable responses were weighted as described in Chapter 3 and in the Technical Appendix volume to represent all emergency food programs of the A2H network. The sample sizes (N) also include missing data.

Missing, don't know, and refusal responses combined are 5.2% for pantry programs, 11.4% for kitchen programs, and 5.2% for shelter programs.

 
On average, pantries provide four additional services or facilities. Kitchens and shelters provide, on average, four and eight additional services, respectively.

  • 8.1% of pantry programs, 6.4% of kitchen programs, and 4.7% of shelter programs do not offer any other services or facilities.
  • 27.1% of pantry programs, 28.1% of kitchen programs, and 5.2% of the shelter programs offer one additional service or facility.
  • 38.8% of pantry programs, 41.8% of kitchen programs, and 28.3% of shelter programs offer two to five additional services or facilities.
  • 18.4% of pantry programs, 16.8% of kitchen programs, and 38.4% of shelter programs offer as many as 6 to 10 additional services or facilities.
  • 7.6% of pantry programs, 6.8% of kitchen programs, and 23.4% of shelter programs offer more than 10 additional services or facilities.