Prevalence of U.S. Food Insecurity Is Related to Changes in Unemployment, Inflation, and the Price of Food

Mark Nord , Alisha Coleman-Jensen ; Christian A. Gregory

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: Food security;    food insecurity;    food prices;    unemployment;    food price inflation;    SNAP;    food assistance;   

RP-ID  :  ERR-167

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

Food security has remained essentially unchanged since the 2007-09 recession. Falling unemployment from early post-recession (2009-10) to 2012, absent any other changes, would suggest a modest decline in the prevalence of food insecurity. However, this report finds that potential improvement was almost exactly offset by the effects of higher inflation and the higher relative price of food in 2012.