In the Survey of Mothers with Young Children, 17.4 percent of mothers with children ages 12 and under reported that since the pandemic started, “the children in my household were not eating enough because we just couldn’t afford enough food.
By Lauren Bauer
Global Research, May 09, 2021The Hamilton Project 6 May 2020
Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity has increased in the United States. This is particularly true for households with young children.
I document new evidence from two nationally representative surveys that were initiated to provide up-to-date estimates of the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, including the incidence of food insecurity. Food insecurity occurs when a household has difficulty providing enough food due to a lack of resources.
The COVID Impact Survey and The Hamilton Project/Future of the Middle Class Initiative Survey of Mothers with Young Children askedvalidatedquestions taken from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) food securityquestionnairein late April 2020.[1] Households and children are considered food insecure if the respondent indicates the following statements were often or sometimes true:
- The food we bought just didn’t last and we didn’t…
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