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Households with children that sometimes or often did not have enough food to eat prior to the pandemic in United States
Households with children that sometimes or often did not have enough food to eat prior to the pandemic
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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 prior to March 13, 2020. On March 13, 2020, the U.S. government declared the COVID-19 pandemic a national emergency, thus marking the start of the pandemic in the United States. Only respondents who provided a valid response are included.
Data Source
Population Reference
Bureau analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau, Household Pulse Survey, 2020
Notes
Updated April 2021
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 prior to the pandemic.
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 prior to the pandemic.
Last Updated
April 2021