Food insecurity trended upward in midst of high inflation and fewer supports: findings from the Health Reform Monitoring Survey, June 2022
- Collection:
- Health Policy and Services Research
- Author(s):
- Waxman, Elaine, author Salas, Julio, (Of Urban Institute), author Gupta, Poonam, author Karpman, Michael, (Of Urban Institute), author
- Contributor(s):
- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, issuing body. Urban Institute, issuing body.
- Publication:
- Washington, DC : Urban Institute, September 2022
- Language(s):
- English
- Format:
- Text
- Subject(s):
- Food Insecurity -- economics Health Equity -- economics Health Policy Social Mobility Socioeconomic Factors Surveys and Questionnaires United States
- Genre(s):
- Technical Report
- Abstract:
- Approximately one in five adults reported experiencing household food insecurity in spring 2020 and in summer 2022 after a decline in reported food insecurity in spring 2021. High food price inflation, along with elevated costs for other basic needs, such as transportation and rent, have likely eroded food budgets in the last year. In addition, some of the safety net responses that buffered food insecurity in 2021 are no longer in place. Unemployment rates have declined significantly since early 2020, and wages have increased for many, but wage growth has not kept pace with rapidly rising inflation. In this brief, we examine how food insecurity changed over the last two years. Using data from the Health Reform Monitoring Survey (HRMS), a nationally representative survey of nonelderly adults, we assess food insecurity among households with nonelderly adults in March/April 2020, April 2021, and June 2022.
- Copyright:
- Reproduced with permission of the copyright holder. Further use of the material is subject to CC BY-NC-DC license. (More information)
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (1 PDF file (12 pages))
- Illustrations:
- Illustrations
- NLM Unique ID:
- 9918503479806676 (See catalog record)
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/9918503479806676