Section 6.3.1n

6.3.1n - Estimated Number of Households, by Indicators of Food Insecurity

As shown in Table 6.3.1N, more than 3.8 million A2H households reported that adults in the households had had to cut the size of their meals or had had to skip meals altogether because there wasn't enough money for food.

Table 6.3.1n

ESTIMATED NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS, BY INDICATORS OF FOOD INSECURITY

	Pantry Client Households	Kitchen Client Households	Shelter Client Households	All Client Households
How often adult clients or other adults in the household cut the size of meals or skipped meals because there wasn't enough money for food for the previous 12 months
Almost every month	1,569,500	277,200	155,620	2,002,320
Some months but not every month	1,496,500	194,700	119,660	1,810,860
Only one or two months	467,200	56,100	51,460	574,760
Never	3,657,300	552,200	287,060	4,500,980
Clients who ate less than they felt they should because there wasn't enough money to buy food for the previous 12 months
Yes	3,701,100	569,800	315,580	4,586,480
No	3,598,900	530,200	304,420	4,433,520
Clients who were hungry but didn't eat because they couldn't afford enough food for the previous 12 months
Yes	2,372,500	448,800	299,460	3,120,760
No	4,927,500	651,200	320,540	5,899,240
Clients or other adults in the household ever did not eat for a whole day because there wasn't enough money for food
Yes	1,430,800	367,400	221,960	2,020,160
No	5,869,200	732,600	398,040	6,999,840
ESTIMATED TOTAL NUMBER OF CLIENT HOUSEHOLDS	7,300,000	1,100,000	620,000	9,020,000

Other findings include:

Adults in 4.6 million A2H households ate less than they felt they should due to lack of resources to buy food.
3.1 million A2H households contained adults were hungry but did not eat because they could not afford enough food.
2.0 million A2H households included adults who did not eat for a while day because there was not enough money for food.