search our site     home > key topics > food & nutrition assistance programs   food security ERS develops national measurements of food security (households' access to enough food for active, healthy living) from a special supplement to the U.S. Census Bureau's Current Population Survey. The survey asks households a series of questions about behaviors and experiences that characterize difficulty in meeting food needs. ERS also examines annual changes in food security, food insecurity, and hunger, measures the differences in the prevalence of food insecurity and hunger among States and between metropolitan and nonmetropolitan areas, and develops methods of assessing community food security. related briefing rooms - offer an indepth discussion synthesizing ERS research Food and Nutrition Assistance Programs Food Security in the United States feature The Food Security in the United States briefing room features ERS research on food security, food insecurity, and hunger. The briefing room also offers related readings and links. Researchers who are interested in surveys related to household food security may visit the data page. web administration: webadmin@ers.usda.gov updated: September 23, 2003  Also at ERS... latest publications (all) • Food Security Assessment, GFA-15 • Persistence and Change in the Food Security of Families With Children, 1997-99 • Amber Waves, February 2004 latest data products (all) • Summer Food Service Program Map Machine • Food Security Supplement: Survey of Program Dynamics 1998 Food Security Status File • Food Security Supplement: Early Childhood Longitudinal Study--Kindergarten Class of 1998-99 Food Security Status File research emphases (all) • A Healthy, Well-Nourished Population resources • Contact an ERS Expert • Calendar of Releases services • Receive E-mail Updates • E-mail This Page • Translate This Page

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