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Getting enough food can also be a problem for some people. Which of these statements best describes the food eaten in your household before March 13, 2020? Select only one answer.

Asked of: All persons born before 2002

Before March 13, 2020, which best described the food eaten in your household?

Household food sufficiency before March 2020 · Asked in 21 waves, 2020 · 1,786,711 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Periods loaded: week01, week02, week03, week04, week05, week06, week07, week08, week09, week10, week11, week12, week13, week14, week15, week16, week17, week18, week19, week20, week21.

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Over time

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Often not enough to eat3%

Sometimes not enough to eat8%

Enough, but not always the kinds of food (I/we) wanted to eat21%

Enough of the kinds of food (I/we) wanted to eat69%

Shares in 2020

Shares of people who gave an answer. Each column is one wave, 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

Often not enough to eat

Sometimes not enough to eat

Enough, but not always the kinds of food (I/we) wanted to eat

Crosstab

Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region State

Wave

Enough of the kinds of food (I/we) wanted to eatEnough, but not always the kinds of food (I/we) wanted to eatSometimes not enough to eatOften not enough to eat

Group		Enough of the kinds of food (I/we) wanted to eat

Answers as the source codes them

Enough of the kinds of food (I/we) wanted to eatEnough, but not always the kinds of food (I/we) wanted to eatSometimes not enough to eatOften not enough to eatSkipped (question seen but no category selected) (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Household Pulse Survey, Week 21 (2020-12-09 to 2020-12-21) Source variable PRIFOODSUF. Universe: All persons born before 2002.	2020-12-09 to 2020-12-21	web	69,944	64,167
Household Pulse Survey, Week 20 (2020-11-25 to 2020-12-07) Source variable PRIFOODSUF. Universe: All persons born before 2002.	2020-11-25 to 2020-12-07	web	72,484	66,513
Household Pulse Survey, Week 19 (2020-11-11 to 2020-11-23) Source variable PRIFOODSUF. Universe: All persons born before 2002.	2020-11-11 to 2020-11-23	web	71,939	65,649
Household Pulse Survey, Week 18 (2020-10-28 to 2020-11-09) Source variable PRIFOODSUF. Universe: All persons born before 2002.	2020-10-28 to 2020-11-09	web	58,729	53,636
Household Pulse Survey, Week 17 (2020-10-14 to 2020-10-26) Source variable PRIFOODSUF. Universe: All persons born before 2002.	2020-10-14 to 2020-10-26	web	88,716	81,466
Household Pulse Survey, Week 16 (2020-09-30 to 2020-10-12) Source variable PRIFOODSUF. Universe: All persons born before 2002.	2020-09-30 to 2020-10-12	web

All respondents	69%	21%	8%	3%	64167	±0.8
AK	67%	20%	8%	4%	1397	±4
AL	64%	24%	7%	4%	861	±5
AR	67%	22%	9%	3%	751	±5
AZ	68%	23%	8%	2%	1820	±4
CA	65%	23%	9%	4%	5130	±3
CO	76%	18%	5%	1%	1840	±4
CT	69%	21%	6%	4%	1027	±5
DC	74%	16%	8%	2%	831	±7
DE	70%	20%	9%	1%	800	±6
FL	67%	21%	8%	3%	2151	±4
GA	69%	19%	10%	2%	1226	±5
HI	68%	22%	7%	3%	634	±6
IA	76%	18%	5%	2%	972	±5
ID	72%	21%	6%	2%	1213	±5
IL	73%	15%	9%	3%	1558	±4
IN	70%	20%	7%	2%	1194	±4
KS	68%	19%	10%	4%	1083	±4
KY	69%	22%	7%	3%	819	±6
LA	59%	24%	13%	4%	715	±6
MA	74%	17%	7%	1%	1800	±4
MD	69%	18%	10%	3%	1546	±4
ME	72%	25%	3%	0%	614	±6
MI	70%	18%	9%	3%	1526	±4
MN	76%	17%	5%	1%	1491	±4
MO	69%	22%	7%	2%	949	±5
MS	53%	31%	14%	2%	494	±6
MT	71%	22%	4%	3%	723	±6
NC	67%	21%	9%	2%	1063	±5
ND	76%	18%	5%	1%	558	±6
NE	74%	19%	6%	1%	987	±5
NH	75%	17%	5%	3%	994	±5
NJ	71%	21%	7%	1%	1147	±4
NM	60%	27%	8%	5%	1259	±5
NV	66%	24%	7%	2%	1065	±4
NY	67%	20%	8%	5%	1275	±5
OH	71%	20%	8%	1%	953	±5
OK	66%	23%	9%	2%	922	±5
OR	72%	20%	6%	2%	1676	±3
PA	73%	18%	7%	2%	1700	±4
RI	76%	16%	7%	2%	654	±6
SC	70%	18%	8%	4%	859	±6
SD	72%	19%	6%	3%	642	±6
TN	70%	19%	8%	3%	990	±5
TX	63%	23%	9%	4%	3063	±4
UT	73%	21%	5%	2%	1958	±3
VA	67%	21%	8%	3%	1652	±4
VT	70%	25%	4%	1%	795	±6
WA	74%	19%	5%	2%	2393	±3
WI	78%	15%	4%	2%	1011	±4
WV	61%	27%	8%	4%	727	±7
WY	64%	24%	9%	4%	659	±7