Section 10.8.1

10.8.1 - Agency Estimates of Change in Number of Clients From 1998 to 2001

Agencies were asked whether they serve more or fewer clients compared to the year 1998. In supplying this information, agencies representing 59.0% of the pantries, 55.7% of the kitchens, and 67.2% of the shelters said they used their records. For a majority of the remaining programs, agencies relied on their best estimates. Table 10.8.1 shows the findings.

Source 
This table was constructed based on usable responses to Questions 7 and 7a 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 emergency food programs of the A2H network. The sample sizes (N) also include missing data.

Missing, don't know, and refusal responses combined are 7.3% for pantry programs, 14.8% for kitchen programs, and 13.9% for shelter programs.

 
Regarding the volume of the clients, 59.8% of the pantries, 58.1% of the kitchens, and 56.0% of the shelters indicate that they serve more clients now than they did in 1998.

• 21.6% of the pantries, 23.3% of the kitchens, and 34.0% of the shelters indicated that they serve about the same number of clients in 2001 as in 1998.
• 10.1% of the pantries, 10.9% of the kitchens, and 5.6% of the shelters indicated that they serve fewer clients in 2001 than they did in 1998.
• 8.5% of the pantries, 7.7% of the kitchens, and 4.4% of the shelters did not exist in 1998.