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Please indicate whether the next statement was often true, sometimes true, or never true in the last 7 days for the children living in your household who are under 18 years old. "The children were not eating enough because we just couldn't afford enough food."

Asked of: If CURFOODSUF in (2, 3, 4) and HHLD_NUMKID > 0

In the last 7 days, were the children not eating enough because you couldn't afford enough food?

Children not eating enough due to cost of food · Asked in 67 waves, 2020–2024 · 517,762 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Periods loaded: week06, week07, week08, week09, week10, week11, week12, week13, week14, week15, week16, week17, week18, week19, week20, week21, week22, week23, week24, week25, week26, week27, week28, week29, week30, week31, week32, week33, week34, week35, week36, week37, week38, week39, week40, week41, week42, week43, week44, week45, week46, week47, week48, week49, week50, week51, week52, week53, week54, week55, week56, week57, week58, week59, week60, week61, week62, week63, cycle01, cycle02, cycle03, cycle04, cycle05, cycle06, cycle07, cycle08, cycle09.

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Over time

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Never true71%

Sometimes true22%

Often true7%

Shares in 2024

Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave (or one year’s average), evenly spaced rather than to scale in time; hover for exact shares.

By group over time

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Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region

Never true

Sometimes true

Often true

18–29

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Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region State

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Answers as the source codes them

Often trueSometimes trueNever trueSkipped (question seen but no category selected) (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 09 (2024-08-20 to 2024-09-16) Source variable CHILDFOOD. Universe: If CURFOODSUF in (2, 3, 4) and HHLD_NUMKID > 0.	2024-08-20 to 2024-09-16	web	51,280	5,322
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 08 (2024-07-23 to 2024-08-19) Source variable CHILDFOOD. Universe: If CURFOODSUF in (2, 3, 4) and HHLD_NUMKID > 0.	2024-07-23 to 2024-08-19	web	59,913	6,528
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 07 (2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22) Source variable CHILDFOOD. Universe: If CURFOODSUF in (2, 3, 4) and HHLD_NUMKID > 0.	2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22	web	70,429	7,625
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 06 (2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24) Source variable CHILDFOOD. Universe: If CURFOODSUF in (2, 3, 4) and HHLD_NUMKID > 0.	2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24	web	72,125	7,594
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 05 (2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27) Source variable CHILDFOOD. Universe: If CURFOODSUF in (2, 3, 4) and HHLD_NUMKID > 0.	2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27	web	72,162	7,426
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 04 (2024-04-02 to 2024-04-29) Source variable CHILDFOOD. Universe: If CURFOODSUF in (2, 3, 4) and HHLD_NUMKID > 0.

Often trueSometimes trueNever true

Group		Often true	Sometimes true	Never true	n	MoE
All respondents		5%	24%	70%	5322	±3
AK †		6%	21%	73%	53	±16
AL		4%	17%	79%	99	±13
AR		8%	11%	81%	110	±12
AZ		2%	28%	69%	111	±13
CA		7%	38%	55%	313	±11
CO		7%	19%	75%	105	±13
CT †		3%	34%	64%	76	±14
DC †	Too few respondents	–	–	–	23	±28
DE †		6%	22%	72%	45	±18
FL		8%	14%	78%	174	±11
GA		0%	27%	73%	135	±12
HI †		6%	30%	64%	54	±17
IA		6%	22%	72%	77	±14
ID		4%	16%	80%	157	±10
IL		2%	19%	79%	122	±12
IN		2%	14%	84%	116	±12
KS		6%	10%	84%	124	±11
KY †		4%	29%	67%	108	±15
LA		3%	35%	62%	94	±13
MA †		3%	27%	70%	90	±15
MD		6%	35%	59%	109	±13
ME †		4%	27%	68%	54	±18
MI		15%	24%	61%	125	±13
MN		5%	22%	72%	82	±14
MO †		7%	7%	86%	91	±14
MS		9%	25%	66%	107	±12
MT †		3%	8%	89%	48	±18
NC †		2%	25%	73%	95	±15
ND †	Too few respondents	–	–	–	40	±23
NE		8%	17%	75%	125	±13
NH †		3%	32%	65%	63	±18
NJ		2%	27%	71%	102	±12
NM †		3%	38%	59%	100	±15
NV †		7%	20%	72%	77	±15
NY †		7%	22%	71%	77	±16
OH		5%	13%	82%	93	±13
OK		5%	18%	77%	92	±13
OR		3%	21%	76%	126	±13
PA		4%	22%	74%	110	±13
RI †	Too few respondents	–	–	–	35	±27
SC		7%	15%	77%	98	±13
SD †		2%	29%	69%	71	±15
TN		2%	19%	79%	127	±13
TX		4%	31%	65%	293	±10
UT		8%	17%	75%	235	±10
VA		6%	26%	68%	134	±12
VT †	Too few respondents	–	–	–	30	±25
WA		2%	18%	80%	184	±10
WI †		4%	10%	86%	68	±18
WV		5%	7%	88%	90	±14
WY †		15%	15%	70%	55	±19