Household Food Security in the United States, 2000

by Mark Nord, Nader Kabbani, Laura Tiehen, Margaret Andrews, Gary Bickel, and Steven Carlson

The latest in a series of annual statistical reports on the prevalence of food security, food insecurity, and hunger in U.S. households, based on the September 2000 Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement. This year's report, in addition to statistics on food security, includes information on how much U.S. households spent on food and the extent to which food-insecure households participated in Federal and community food assistance programs.

Keywords: Food security, food insecurity, hunger, hungry, food assistance, food spending, food pantry, soup kitchen, emergency kitchen, well-being, Food Stamp Program, National School Lunch Program, WIC, FSS

In this publication...

• Entire Report
• Abstract, Contents, Summary
• Introduction
• Section 1. Household Food Security
• Section 2. Household Spending on Food
• Section 3. Use of Federal and Community Food Assistance Programs
• Appendix A: Household Responses to Questions in the Food Security Scale
• Appendix B: Background on the U.S. Food Security Measurement Project
• Appendix C: USDA?s Thrifty Food Plan
• References