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Households with children that sometimes or often did not have enough food to eat in the past week in United States

Households with children that sometimes or often did not have enough food to eat in the past week

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Definition and Source

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Definition

The percentage of households with children birth to age 17 that sometimes or often did not have enough food to eat in the past seven days. Only respondents who provided a valid response are included.

Learn more about the impact of child food insecurity.

Data Source

Population Reference Bureau analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau, Household Pulse Survey, 2020-2022

Notes

Updated December 2022
S - Estimates suppressed when the effective sample size is less than 30 or the 90% confidence interval is greater than 30 percentage points or 1.3 times the estimate. 
A 90 percent confidence interval for each estimate can be found at Households with children that sometimes or often did not have enough food to eat in the past week.

Last Updated

December 2022