Appendix F
Questions on the
Core Food Security Module
Food Insecurity Question |
Asked of Households With Children |
Asked of Households Without Children |
1. “We worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more.” Was that often, sometimes, or never true for you in the last 12 months? |
X |
X |
2. “The food that we bought just didn’t last and we didn’t have money to get more.” Was that often, sometimes, or never true for you in the last 12 months? |
X |
X |
3. “We couldn’t afford to eat balanced meals.” Was that often, sometimes, or never true for you in the last 12 months? |
X |
X |
4. “We relied on only a few kinds of low-cost food to feed our children because we were running out of money to buy food.” Was that often, sometimes, or never true for you in the last 12 months? |
X |
|
5. In the last 12 months, did you or other adults in the household ever cut the size of your meals or skip meals because there wasn’t enough money for food? (Yes/No) |
X |
X |
NOTE: Responses in bold indicate an “affirmative” response.
SOURCE: ERS, 2012.
REFERENCE
ERS (Economic Research Service). 2012. U.S. household food security survey module: Three-stage design, with screeners. http://www.ers.usda.gov/datafiles/Food_Security_in_the_United_States/Food_Security_Survey_Modules/hh2012.pdf (accessed August 23, 2012).