Did the students pay full price for meals at school?

Students paid full price for meals at school · Asked in 21 waves, 2022–2024 · 407,254 responses · weighted estimates computed from individual responses

Periods loaded: week52, week53, week54, week55, week56, week57, week58, week59, week60, week61, week62, week63, cycle01, cycle02, cycle03, cycle04, cycle05, cycle06, cycle07, cycle08, cycle09. Select-all checkbox item. Code 1 = box checked; 0 = left unchecked by a respondent who checked another box in the same question (derived from Census's -99); -99 = saw the question and checked nothing (skipped).

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Over time

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Pay full-price meals at school12%

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)88%

Shares in 2024

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

Pay full-price meals at school

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)

18–29

Crosstab

Age Sex Race & ethnicity Education Income Region State

Wave

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)Pay full-price meals at school

Group		Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)	Pay full-price meals at school	n	MoE

Answers as the source codes them

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)Pay full-price meals at schoolSkipped (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 SCHLFDHLP_RV3. Universe: If THHLD_NUMKID > 0. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2024-08-20 to 2024-09-16	web	51,280	13,105
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 08 (2024-07-23 to 2024-08-19) Source variable SCHLFDHLP_RV3. Universe: If THHLD_NUMKID > 0. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2024-07-23 to 2024-08-19	web	59,913	16,127
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 07 (2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22) Source variable SCHLFDHLP_RV3. Universe: If THHLD_NUMKID > 0. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2024-06-25 to 2024-07-22	web	70,429	18,627
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 06 (2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24) Source variable SCHLFDHLP_RV3. Universe: If THHLD_NUMKID > 0. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2024-05-28 to 2024-06-24	web	72,125	18,952
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 05 (2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27) Source variable SCHLFDHLP_RV3. Universe: If THHLD_NUMKID > 0. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2024-04-30 to 2024-05-27	web	72,162	18,532
Household Pulse Survey, Cycle 04 (2024-04-02 to 2024-04-29)

All respondents	88%	12%	13105	±2
AK	88%	12%	131	±11
AL	92%	8%	186	±9
AR	85%	15%	224	±9
AZ	87%	13%	297	±8
CA	96%	4%	887	±7
CO	95%	5%	284	±8
CT	88%	12%	221	±9
DC †	89%	11%	130	±15
DE	86%	14%	106	±12
FL	90%	10%	378	±8
GA	79%	21%	292	±8
HI	72%	28%	129	±11
IA	75%	25%	193	±9
ID	74%	26%	318	±7
IL	86%	14%	332	±8
IN	78%	22%	248	±8
KS	72%	28%	266	±8
KY	98%	2%	211	±10
LA	88%	12%	164	±9
MA	94%	6%	299	±8
MD	87%	13%	327	±8
ME	96%	4%	148	±10
MI	93%	7%	292	±9
MN	93%	7%	248	±8
MO	82%	18%	224	±9
MS	86%	14%	192	±9
MT	82%	18%	155	±13
NC	86%	14%	234	±10
ND †	70%	30%	98	±15
NE	77%	23%	277	±8
NH	79%	21%	192	±11
NJ	72%	28%	257	±8
NM	95%	5%	208	±11
NV	88%	12%	174	±10
NY	92%	8%	224	±10
OH	82%	18%	217	±9
OK	83%	17%	214	±8
OR	92%	8%	309	±8
PA	89%	11%	284	±9
RI †	73%	27%	110	±14
SC	91%	9%	209	±9
SD	65%	35%	158	±10
TN	88%	12%	252	±9
TX	89%	11%	690	±7
UT	71%	29%	571	±6
VA	86%	14%	395	±8
VT	99%	1%	104	±14
WA	89%	11%	550	±6
WI	78%	22%	206	±10
WV	95%	5%	177	±10
WY	83%	17%	113	±14