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Section 5.8.4.1

5.8.4.1 - Household Income for 2000

Clients also provided estimates of their total household income in the year 2000. Table 5.8.4.1 shows their annual income in dollars and as a percentage of the federal poverty level.

Table 5.8.4.1
HOUSEHOLD INCOME FOR 2000
  Pantry Client Households Kitchen Client Households Shelter Client Households All Client Households
Total Annual Income        
No income 3.1% 7.2% 18.9% 4.5%
$1-$5,000 12.8% 22.1% 23.7% 14.6%
$5,000-$9,999 35.1% 30.7% 24.2% 34.0%
$10,000-$14,999 16.8% 11.8% 9.0% 15.8%
$15,000-$19,999 9.3% 7.4% 4.8% 8.8%
$20,000-$24,999 5.3% 4.1% 2.0% 5.0%
$25,000-$29,999 2.3% 1.3% 1.5% 2.1%
$30,000-$34,999 1.7% 2.0% 1.3% 1.7%
$35,000-$39,999 1.0% 1.1% 1.4% 1.0%
$40,000-$44,999 0.3% 0.7% 1.2% 0.4%
$45,000-$49,999 0.2% 1.1% 0.3% 0.3%
$50,000 and over 0.6% 1.0% 1.4% 0.7%
Unknown 11.5% 9.5% 10.4% 11.2%
TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100%
         
Average annual income among valid responses (in dollars)1 10,960 9,968 7,941 10,671
Median annual income among valid responses (in dollars) 9,000 7,200 5,100 9,000
         
Income as Percentage of the Federal Poverty Level2        
0% (No income)3 3.1% 7.2% 18.9% 4.5%
1-50% 21.1% 25.4% 24.2% 21.8%
51-75% 18.5% 17.2% 16.3% 18.2%
76-100% 17.9% 14.2% 8.2% 16.9%
101-130% 12.6% 7.1% 6.7% 11.6%
131-150% 4.3% 4.7% 2.0% 4.2%
151-185% 4.4% 4.6% 3.9% 4.4%
186% or higher 4.7% 9.4% 9.3% 5.6%
Unknown 13.4% 10.4% 10.5% 12.9%
TOTAL 100% 100% 100% 100%
         
Average annual income as percentage of the poverty level among valid responses 85% 93% 80% 85%
Median annual income as percentage of the poverty level among valid responses 77% 69% 52% 74%
SAMPLE SIZE (N) 24,436 5,441 2,882 32,759

Source
This table was constructed based on all responses to Questions 29 and 30 of the client survey.

Notes
The percentages presented in this table, unlike those in most other tables, were calculated without leaving out item nonresponses (labeled "unknown"). To ensure that key percentages, such as that for no income, appear consistent within this table, a constant denominator, which includes item nonresponses, was used. All responses were weighted as described in Chapter 3 and in the Technical Appendix volume to represent all emergency food clients and or households of the A2H network.

For total annual income, missing, don't know, and refusal responses combined are 11.5% for pantry clients, 9.5% for kitchen clients, 10.4% for shelter clients, and 11.2% for all clients. The missing rates we report here were obtained after we cross-imputed missing responses for monthly and yearly income variables.

For income as percentage of the federal poverty level, missing, don't know, and refusal responses combined are 13.4% for pantry clients, 10.4% for kitchen clients, 10.5% for shelter clients, and 12.9% for all clients.

 


1. For the calculation of the average and the median, responses given as a range were recoded to be the midpoint of the range.

2. See Table 5.8.1 for the federal poverty levels.

3. The percentages in this panel may not be equal to those in the corresponding rows of the upper panel of this table because the two panels of data may have different item nonresponse rates. The calculation in the lower panel required information about household size as well as household income.



In the year 2000, 53.0% of all clients had a household income less than $10,000. More information about annual income of client households follows:

  • Average household income among all clients in year 2000 was $10,671.
  • 73.0% of the clients' households had an income of 130% or below the federal poverty level.
  • Average household income as percentage of the federal poverty level was 85% (median: 74%).