Section 15.3.4

15.3.4 - Food Security Status and Income in Year 2000

Income and Food Security Status. Households who were food insecure with hunger tended to have lower incomes than ones that were food secure (Table 15.3.4). For instance, among households that were food insecure with hunger, 36.2% had either no income or an income below 50% of poverty, compared to only 24.3% of food secure households.

Table 15.3.4

FOOD SECURITY STATUS AND INCOME IN YEAR 2000
Food Security Status at Client Households

Income in 2000 as Percentage of Federal Poverty Level	All Client Households	Food Secure	Food Insecure Without Hunger	Food Insecure with Hunger
0% (no income)	4.9%	4.3%	4.3%	5.9%
1-50%	25.1%	19.1%	25.5%	29.3%
51-75%	20.9%	15.2%	21.6%	24.7%
76-100%	19.4%	19.6%	19.4%	19.2%
101-130%	13.4%	14.5%	15.3%	10.7%
SUBTOTAL	83.7%	72.8%	86.1%	89.7%
131-150%	4.9%	7.3%	4.6%	3.3%
151-185%	5.0%	7.3%	5.1%	3.3%
186% or higher	6.4%	12.6%	4.3%	3.7%
SUBTOTAL	16.3%	27.2%	13.9%	10.3%
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
SAMPLE SIZE (N)	28,526	8,135	9,145	11,246

Notes
Item nonresponses to all variables involved were excluded in calculating percentages and sample sizes.

Statistically significant based on chi-square test (d.f. = 14) at the 1% level.

Other findings include:

89.7% of the client households characterized as food insecure with hunger, 86.1% of those characterized as food insecure without hunger, and 72.8% of those characterized as food secure had income less than or equal to 130% of the federal poverty level in 2000.
10.3% of the client households characterized as food insecure with hunger, 13.9% of those characterized as food insecure without hunger, and 27.2% of those characterized as food secure had income more than 130% of the federal poverty level in 2000.