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Household Food Security in the United States, 2000

  • by Mark Nord, Nader Kabbani, Laura Tiehen, Margaret Andrews, Gary Bickel and Steven Carlson
  • 3/1/2002
  • FANRR-21

Overview

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.

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