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Author Rabbitt, Matthew P., author.

Title Food insecurity among working-age veterans / Matthew P. Rabbitt and Michael D. Smith.

Publication Info. [Washington, D.C.] : Economic Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 2021.

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Description 1 online resource (ii, 56 pages) : illustrations.
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computer c rdamedia
online resource cr rdacarrier
Series Economic research report ; number 829
Economic research report (United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service) ; 829.
Note "May 2021."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Note Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (USDA, viewed June 24, 2021).
Summary This report documents the extent and severity of food insecurity among working-age veterans, ages 18–64, who made up 76 percent of the United States’ veteran population in 2019. Food insecurity occurs when individuals have limited or uncertain access to enough food because they lack economic resources. In 2015–19, 11.1 percent of working-age veterans lived in food-insecure households, and 5.3 percent lived in households with very low food security, the most severe range of food insecurity where households report reductions in food intake. Food insecurity varies among working-age veteran subpopulations defined by age, area of residence, disability status, educational attainment, gender, geographic region, household composition, income, labor force participation status, race and ethnicity, and military service history. e report compares food insecurity among working-age veterans and nonveterans to examine the association between military service and food insecurity. After adjusting for observable differences between working-age veterans and nonveterans, we find veterans are 7.4 percent more likely to live in a food-insecure household.
Contents Introduction -- Factors associated with food insecurity among veterans -- Food insecurity and food assistance program receipt among veterans -- Data sources -- Regression methodology -- Documenting the prevalence and severity of food insecurity among working-age veterans -- Exploring differences in food insecurity between working-age veterans and nonveterans using regression -- Sensitivity analyses -- Discussion and conclusions -- References -- Appendix A. Summary of literature examining food insecurity among veterans -- Appendix B. detailed description of regression methodology -- Appendix C. Additional results for food insecurity among working-age veterans and nonveterans.
Subject Food security -- Research -- United States.
Veterans -- Nutrition -- United States.
Working poor -- United States.
Sécurité alimentaire -- Recherche -- États-Unis.
Travailleurs pauvres -- États-Unis.
Economically Disadvantaged.
Working poor
United States https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJtxgQXMWqmjMjjwXRHgrq
Added Author Smith, Michael D. , author.
United States. Department of Agriculture. Economic Research Service, issuing body.
Gpo Item No. 0042-V (online)
Sudoc No. A 93.73:829

 
    
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