Charitable food use increased nearly 50 percent from 2019 to 2020: findings from the December 2020 Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey

Charitable food use increased nearly 50 percent from 2019 to 2020: findings from the December 2020 Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey

Collection:
Health Policy and Services Research
Author(s):
Waxman, Elaine, author
Gupta, Poonam, author
Gonzalez, Dulce, author
Contributor(s):
Urban Institute, issuing body.
Publication:
Washington, DC : Urban Institute, March 2021
Language(s):
English
Format:
Text
Subject(s):
Charities -- statistics & numerical data
Persons with Disabilities -- statistics & numerical data
Emigrants and Immigrants -- statistics & numerical data
Food Insecurity -- economics
Minority Groups -- statistics & numerical data
United States
Genre(s):
Technical Report
Abstract:
Long lines at food banks have been among the most visible signs1 of the economic disruption and material hardship experienced across the US during the COVID-19 pandemic recession. We analyzed data from the December 2020 round of the Urban Institute’s Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey (WBNS), a nationally representative survey of more than 7,500 adults ages 18 to 64, and compared those data to results from the December 2019 round to examine the change in charitable food use over the past year. For this analysis, charitable food use includes the use of free groceries or free meals. We also examined the characteristics and circumstances of people who sought charitable food during 2020, and we asked people who reported they had not used charitable food if they were aware of a place to find these resources in their community and how comfortable they would be seeking this assistance.
Copyright:
Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
Extent:
1 online resource (1 PDF file (11 pages))
Illustrations:
Illustrations
NLM Unique ID:
9918316884506676 (See catalog record)
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918316884506676