Section 5.8.3.2

5.8.3.2 - All Sources of Household Income for Previous Month

Sources of Household Income for the Previous Month Clients were asked to indicate the major source of their household income for the previous month. Then, they were asked to name all sources of their household income. Tables 5.8.3.1 and 5.8.3.2 summarize the findings.

Table 5.8.3.2

ALL SOURCES OF HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR PREVIOUS MONTH

	Pantry Client Households	Kitchen Client Households	Shelter Client Households	All Client Households
Job	40.1%	33.9%	31.5%	38.9%
Government Welfare Assistance
Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF)	6.4%	3.7%	2.6%	5.8%
General Assistance (GA)	7.4%	8.4%	10.1%	7.7%
Other Government Sources
Social Security	34.0%	24.7%	12.5%	31.7%
Unemployment compensation	3.8%	2.6%	3.0%	3.6%
Disability (SSDI)/Workers' Compensation	12.6%	11.2%	8.2%	12.2%
Supplemental Security Income (SSI)	21.1%	19.9%	8.8%	20.3%
Government assistance with child care costs	2.2%	1.0%	0.3%	1.9%
Nongovernment, Nonjob Sources
Pension	9.4%	7.5%	3.1%	8.8%
Child support	6.2%	2.6%	2.1%	5.5%
Alimony	0.8%	0.1%	0.1%	0.7%
Relatives	7.4%	6.3%	9.4%	7.4%
No income	5.1%	12.1%	28.7%	7.3%
SAMPLE SIZE (N)	24,436	5,441	2,882	32,759

When clients were asked about all sources of their household income for the previous month, 38.9% included a job as a source.

For 5.8% of all clients, TANF was a source of household income during the previous month.
For 7.7%, GA was a source of household income.
31.7% of all clients said they received social security benefits.
12.2% chose SSDI or workers' compensation as a source of household income.
20.3% mentioned SSI as a source.
In addition, 8.8%, 5.5%, and 7.4% of the clients indicate pension, child support, and their relatives, respectively, as a source of income.

Source
This table was constructed based on all responses to Questions 6, 25, and 29 of the client survey.

Notes
The percentages presented in this table, unlike those in most other tables, were calculated without leaving out item nonresponses (labeled "unknown"). To ensure that key percentages, such as that for no income, appear consistent within this table and across related tables, a constant denominator, which includes item nonresponses, was used. All responses were weighted as described in Chapter 3 and in the Technical Appendix volume to represent all emergency food clients and or households of the A2H network.

Missing, don't know, and refusal responses combined are 1.1% for pantry clients, 1.0% for kitchen clients, 0.2% for shelter clients, and 1.1% for all clients.