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Household PulseWHEREFREE5Economy, work, & money › Welfare & the safety netbehavior

Where did you get free groceries or free meals? Choose all that apply. - Shelter or soup kitchen

Asked of: FREEFOOD = 1

Did you get free groceries or free meals from a shelter or soup kitchen?

Got free meals from a shelter or soup kitchen · Asked in 27 waves, 2020–2021 · 143,112 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, week22, week23, week24, week25, week26, week27. 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). The question offers no 'none of these' box, so a respondent to whom no option applied looks like one who skipped it (-99 on every box); shares of 1 and 0 are among respondents who checked at least one box.

Percentages ofpeople who answered everyone asked

Over time

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Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)97%

Shares in 2021

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

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Answers as the source codes them

Not selected (box left unchecked; respondent checked another option)Category markedSkipped (question seen but no category selected) (non-answer)

Waves

Poll	Field dates	Mode	Respondents	Responses
Household Pulse Survey, Week 27 (2021-03-17 to 2021-03-29) Source variable WHEREFREE5. Universe: FREEFOOD = 1. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2021-03-17 to 2021-03-29	web	77,104	4,215
Household Pulse Survey, Week 26 (2021-03-03 to 2021-03-15) Source variable WHEREFREE5. Universe: FREEFOOD = 1. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2021-03-03 to 2021-03-15	web	78,306	4,570
Household Pulse Survey, Week 25 (2021-02-17 to 2021-03-01) Source variable WHEREFREE5. Universe: FREEFOOD = 1. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2021-02-17 to 2021-03-01	web	77,788	4,318
Household Pulse Survey, Week 24 (2021-02-03 to 2021-02-15) Source variable WHEREFREE5. Universe: FREEFOOD = 1. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2021-02-03 to 2021-02-15	web	77,122	4,381
Household Pulse Survey, Week 23 (2021-01-20 to 2021-02-01) Source variable WHEREFREE5. Universe: FREEFOOD = 1. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).	2021-01-20 to 2021-02-01	web	80,567	4,523
Household Pulse Survey, Week 22 (2021-01-06 to 2021-01-18) Source variable WHEREFREE5. Universe: FREEFOOD = 1. Select-all item; code 0 derived from -99 (see question notes).

All respondents		97%	3%	4215	±3
AK †		88%	12%	84	±16
AL †		98%	2%	57	±19
AR †	Too few respondents	–	–	49	±26
AZ †		100%	0%	108	±17
CA		97%	3%	377	±11
CO †		100%	–	66	±16
CT †		100%	0%	77	±15
DC †		91%	9%	65	±19
DE †		100%	–	49	±18
FL		90%	10%	143	±14
GA †		92%	8%	95	±17
HI †		100%	–	73	±18
IA †		93%	7%	63	±18
ID †		99%	1%	67	±16
IL †		99%	1%	109	±14
IN †		99%	1%	75	±16
KS †		100%	–	63	±19
KY †	Too few respondents	–	–	41	±27
LA †		93%	7%	53	±19
MA		100%	–	126	±12
MD		96%	4%	128	±13
ME †	Too few respondents	–	–	36	±28
MI †		97%	3%	107	±16
MN		100%	–	101	±14
MO †		100%	–	75	±16
MS †	Too few respondents	–	–	33	±25
MT †	Too few respondents	–	–	36	±25
NC †		94%	6%	69	±16
ND †	Too few respondents	–	–	35	±32
NE †		99%	1%	54	±18
NH †		90%	10%	43	±21
NJ †		99%	1%	64	±21
NM †		99%	1%	115	±15
NV †		89%	11%	92	±17
NY †		99%	1%	70	±17
OH †	Too few respondents	–	–	53	±28
OK †		100%	–	61	±18
OR		98%	2%	133	±11
PA †		93%	7%	92	±21
RI †		93%	7%	37	±21
SC †		82%	18%	49	±21
SD †	Too few respondents	–	–	38	±27
TN †		100%	–	57	±20
TX		99%	1%	212	±11
UT		99%	1%	134	±12
VA †		98%	2%	93	±15
VT †		99%	1%	55	±20
WA †		96%	4%	161	±14
WI †		100%	–	68	±18
WV †	Too few respondents	–	–	30	±28
WY †		99%	1%	44	±19