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Food-Insecure Households Spend Less and Acquire Less Food Per Week Than Food-Secure Households

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  • Gregory, Christian A.
  • Mancino, Lisa

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ERS researchers examined differences in food expenditures and calories acquired in 2012-13 by two groups of low-income households. The researchers found that on a per adult equivalent basis, low-income food-insecure households spent almost $13 less on at-home foods and acquired 5,170 fewer calories from at-home foods per week than low-income food-secure households.

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  • Gregory, Christian A. & Mancino, Lisa, 2019. "Food-Insecure Households Spend Less and Acquire Less Food Per Week Than Food-Secure Households," Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 0(09), October.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uersaw:302874
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.302874
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