Section 11.1.1
11.1.1 - Number of Boxes or Bags Distributed in a Typical
Week
Agencies were asked how much food their pantries
distribute during a typical week and how much a typical box or bag weighs. Table
11.1.1 shows the results.
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Source
This table was constructed based on usable
responses to Questions 6 and 6a of the agency
survey.
Notes
The percentages presented
in this table are based only on usable responses, excluding missing, don't know,
and refusal responses. All usable responses were weighted as described in
Chapter 3 and in the Technical Appendix volume to represent all pantries of the
A2H network. The sample sizes (N) also include missing data.
Missing, don't know, and refusal responses combined are 19.0% for pantry programs.
1. Zeros as responses were not included as valid responses for calculating the average and the median.
On average, the participating pantries distributed 186
boxes or bags (median: 45) of food during a typical week, with the average
weight of a typical box or bag being 24 pounds. More details on the amount of
food distributed during a typical week follow:
- 23.1% of the pantries distributed 10 to 29 boxes or bags of food.
- 13.3% of the pantries distributed 30 to 49 boxes or bags of food.
- 18.7% of the pantries distributed 50 to 99 boxes or bags of food.
- 19.1% of the pantries distributed 100 to 299 boxes or bags of food.
- 3.9% of the pantries distributed 300 to 499 boxes or bags of food.
- 7.4% of the pantries distributed 500 or more boxes or bags.
