Section 5.6.1

5.6.1 - Racial and Ethnic Background

Clients were asked about their racial and ethnic background. Table 5.6.1 summarizes the results.

Table 5.6.1

RACIAL AND ETHNIC BACKGROUND
(Adults Interviewed at A2H Emergency Food Providers)

Clients' Racial and Ethnic Background ¹	Adult Clients Who Pick Up Food at a Pantry	Adult Clients at a Kitchen	Adult Clients at a Shelter	Adult Clients at All Program Sites
White	45.4%	42.5%	43.4%	44.9%
African American	33.8%	41.0%	47.7%	35.4%
American Indian or Alaskan Native	4.6%	6.2%	4.3%	4.8%
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander	1.7%	1.1%	2.0%	1.7%
Asian	1.2%	0.5%	0.9%	1.1%
Spanish, Latino, Hispanic, Mexican, Mexican American, Chicano	8.7%	6.2%	4.7%	8.2%
Puerto Rican	3.3%	7.4%	1.3%	3.7%
Cuban	0.2%	0.7%	0.1%	0.3%
Other Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino	4.1%	2.9%	2.2%	3.8%
SUBTOTAL	17.0%	18.1%	8.7%	16.7%
Other* ²	4.1%	1.4%	1.9%	3.6%
SAMPLE SIZE (N)	24,436	5,441	2,882	32,759

Source
This table was constructed based on usable responses to Questions 11, 11a, and 12 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 of the A2H network. The sample sizes (N) also include missing data.

Missing, don't know, and refusal responses combined are 1.2% for pantry clients, 2.1% for kitchen clients, 0.6% for shelter clients, and 1.3% for all clients.

1. Multiple responses were accepted.

2. Most respondents who marked "Other" as their choice did not provide further information. Those who provided an answer sometimes indicated their nationality, but recoding of those responses based on this information was not performed due to a small number of usable responses.