Nord, Mark; Andrews, Margaret S.; Carlson, Steven - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2009
.6 percent) were food insecure at least some time during the year, including 5.7 percent with very low food security—meaning that … security were up from 11.1 percent and 4.1 percent, respectively, in 2007, and were the highest recorded since 1995, when the … first national food security survey was conducted. The typical food-secure household spent 31 percent more on food than the …