1 in 5 Households with Children in Connecticut Report Inability to Afford Enough Food

The recession has meant that high numbers of all types of households have been struggling to purchase adequate food, but households with children suffered extraordinarily high rates, according to a new national report released yesterday by the Food Research and Action Center.

Food Hardship 2008-2012: Geography and Household Structure, found that in surveys from 2008-2012, more than 18.6 percent of households with children in Connecticut said there were times in the prior year when they did not have enough money to buy food that they needed for themselves or their family. 

This report is consistent with data released by the federal government this month which show how many Americans continue to struggle.  And national poverty data released recently by the U.S. Census Bureau showed that the national poverty rate has remained at elevated rates since the recession began.

The FRAC analysis examines food hardship rates – the inability to afford enough food – for households with and without children.

The full analysis is available on FRAC’s website (www.frac.org).