Client Data
During a data collection period in early 2001, more than 32,000 face-to-face client interviews were conducted. Each 20-25 minute interview provided detailed demographic information on clients’ income, housing status, family size, food procurement habits, and usage of emergency food services to provide a comprehensive profile of the people who receive food assistance at soup kitchens, pantries, and shelters.
Among the key findings was the startling fact that 23.3 million Americans are served annually by our network of service providers. This is an increase of 9% over the number we were serving when we last conducted such a study in 1997. Thirty-nine percent of the people we now serve are children and 11% are seniors. Nearly 63% (62.8) have attained high school diplomas or above and 39% of households include at least one employed adult.
The individuals' stories paint an accurate picture of the prevalence and pervasiveness of hunger in this country: their stories told us of adults who, despite full-time jobs, struggle to feed their children, senior citizens who must make choices between prescription medication and food, and of children who don’t eat for an entire day because of a lack of food in the household.
5 - Clients: Demographic Profile
5.2.1 - Summary Demographic Profile
5.3.2 - Age, Gender and Citizenship Composition (All Members of Households)
5.3.2n - Age Composition (Estimated Number of Clients) (All Members of Households)
5.5.1 - Highest Education Level Attained
5.6.1 - Racial and Ethnic Background
5.7.1 - Employment Status of Adults in Household
5.7.2 - Detailed Employment Status of Adults in Household
5.7.2n - Estimated Number of Employed Adults, Full-Time and Part-Time
5.8.1 - 100 Percent of Federal Poverty Level - Monthly Income
5.8.2.1 - Household Income for the Previous Month
5.8.3.1 - Main Source of Household Income for the Previous Month
5.8.3.2 - All Sources of Household Income for Previous Month
5.8.4.1 - Household Income for 2000
5.8.4.1n - Estimated Number of Client Households Receiving TANF or GA During Previous Month
5.9.1n - Estimated Number of Clients With or Without a Place to Live
5.10.1 - Locations Where Client Households Are Served
6 - Clients: Food Insecurity and Hunger
6.1.1 - Household Food Insecurity
6.1.1n - Estimated Number of Households by Food Insecurity
6.1.2 - Food Stamp Program Participation and Food Insecurity
6.1.2n - Estimated Number of Households by Food Stamp Program Participation and Food Insecurity
6.2.1 - Indicators of Food Insecurity in Households
6.2.1n - Estimated Number of Households, by Indicators of Food Insecurity
6.3.1 - Indicators of Food Insecurity and Hunger Among Adults
6.3.1n - Estimated Number of Households, by Indicators of Food Insecurity
6.4.1 - Indicators of Food Insecurity and Hunger Among Children
6.4.1n - Estimated Number of Client Households With Children, by Indicators of Food Insecurity
6.5.1 - Choice Between Food and Necessities
7 - Clients: Use of Food Assistance Programs
7.1.1 - Use of the Food Stamp Program
7.1.1n - Use of Food Stamp Program
7.2.1 - Reasons Why Clients Never Applied for Food Stamps
7.5.1 - General Assistance, Welfare, and TANF in the Previous Two Years
7.6.1 - Grocery Shopping Patterns
8.2.1 - Health Insurance and Access to Medical Care
8.2.1n - Estimated Number of Clients at Program Sites Who Had Been Refused Medical Care
9 - Clients: Services Received at Food Programs
9.1.1 - Number of Different Pantries or Kitchens Used
9.2.1 - Satisfaction With Services at Food Programs
9.3.1 - What Clients Would Do Without Food Assistance From the
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