Section 5.3.2

5.3.2 - Age, Gender and Citizenship Composition (All Members of Households)
Table 5.3.2 shows the distribution among all members of client households.

Table 5.3.2

AGE, GENDER, AND CITIZENSHIP COMPOSITION
(All Members of Households)¹

	All Members of Household, Pantry	All Members of Household, Kitchen	All Members of Household, Shelter	All Members of Household, All Programs
Age
0-5	9.1%	4.6%	7.7%	8.6%
6-17	31.5%	22.3%	9.5%	30.0%
18-29	11.9%	10.6%	24.0%	12.2%
30-49	25.1%	37.2%	40.9%	26.6%
50-64	11.3%	15.3%	16.0%	11.8%
65 and over	11.1%	9.9%	2.0%	10.8%
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%	100%
SAMPLE SIZE (N)²	71,057	9,474	4,659	85,190
Gender
Male	45.4%	58.5%	62.1%	47.1%
Female	54.6%	41.5%	37.9%	52.9%
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%	100%

U.S Citizen
Yes	92.1%	94.6%	98.0%	92.6%
No	7.9%	5.4%	2.0%	7.4%
TOTAL	100%	100%	100%	100%
SAMPLE SIZE (N)	66,283	9,076	4,475	79,789

Source
This table was constructed based on usable responses to Questions 2, 3, and 5 of the client 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 clients or households of the A2H network. The sample sizes (N) also include missing data.

For age, missing, don't know, and refusal responses combined are 1.5% for pantry clients, 1.5% for kitchen clients, 0.7% for shelter clients, and 1.4% for all clients.

For gender, missing, don't know, and refusal responses combined are 1.1% for pantry clients, 1.0% for kitchen clients, 0.3% for shelter clients, and 1.0% for all clients.

For citizenship, missing, don't know, and refusal responses combined are 1.2% for pantry clients, 1.1% for kitchen clients, 0.5% for shelter clients, and 1.2% for all clients.

1. Data available for at most six members of household. See the Technical Appendix volume under separate cover for details.

2. The sample sizes for age variables are larger than those for other two variables in this table. This is because the client questionnaire had additional questions to identify household members who are younger than age 18 and whether the household has any children between ages 0 and 5.

When we consider all members of client households, 8.6% are ages 0 to 5, 30.0% ages 6 to 17, 12.2% ages 18 to 29, 26.6% ages 30 to 49, 11.8% ages 50 to 64, and 10.8% age 65 and older. Information on age distribution, as well as gender and citizenship distributions, by program type follows:

Among all members of pantry client households, 9.1% are ages 0 to 5; 31.5% ages 6 to 17; 11.9% ages18 to 29; 25.1% ages 30 to 49, 11.3% ages 50 to 64, and 11.1% age 65 and older.
45.4% of all members of pantry client households are male.
92.1% of all members of pantry client households are U.S. citizens.
Among all members of kitchen client households, 4.6% are ages 0 to 5; 22.3% ages 6 to 17; 10.6% ages 18 to 29; 37.2% 30 to 49; 15.3% ages 50 to 64, and 9.9% age 65 and older.
58.5% of all members of kitchen client households are male.
94.6% of all members of kitchen client households are U.S. citizens.
Among all members of shelter client households, 7.7% are ages 0 and 5; 9.5% ages 6 and 17; 24.0% are ages 18 to 29; 40.9% ages 30 to 49; 16.0% ages 50 to 64; and 2.0% age 65 and older.
62.1% of all members of shelter client households are male.
98.0% of all members of shelter client households are U.S. citizens.