Between 2007 and 2011, the percentage of U.S. households with food-insecure children increased from 8.3 to 10%. The increase affected children in most types of households analyzed, including those containing an adult with a 4-year college degree (rising from 10.2% to 14.6%. In both periods, the majority of households with food-insecure children included an adult working full-time, that percentage declined from 67.2% in 2006-07 to 59.6% in 2010-11.
A key predictor of food insecurity is employment. Food insecurity rates for children are lowest in households where an adult is employed full-time (7.1% in 2010-11). The prevalence of food-insecure children was higher in households with an adult working only part-time (21.4%), in households with an adult unemployed and looking for work and no other adults employed (25.5%), and in households with an adult unable to work due to disability and no other adults employed or looking for work (29.4%).
Source: USDA, 8/5/13, Food Insecurity
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