Section 15.4.2

15.4.2 - Urban/Metropolitan Status and Responses to Three Child Food Security Questions

Table 15.4.2

URBAN/METROPOLITAN STATUS AND RESPONSES TO THREE CHILD FOOD SECURITY QUESTIONS
Urban/Metropolitan Status

	All Client Households with One or More Children Younger than Age 18	Center City	Metro, not Center City	Nonmetro
No affirmative answers	71.2%	70.9%	69.4%	76.3%
One affirmative answer	13.2%	13.2%	13.4%	12.9%
Two affirmative answers	7.0%	5.8%	9.4%	4.6%
Three affirmative answers	8.6%	10.1%	7.8%	6.2%
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%	100%
SAMPLE SIZE (N)	11,153	5,072	3,792	2,289

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

Statistically significant based on chi-square test (d.f. = 6) at the 1% level.

Findings presented in Table 15.4.2 include:

Among the client households served at the programs at center cities, 10.1% provided affirmative answers to all three questions regarding food security status of the children in the household. The corresponding figures for the ones served at suburban areas (metropolitan areas outside center cities) and those served at nonmetropolitan areas are 7.8% and 6.2%, respectively.