As prices for groceries and other essential household bills have increased and temporary expansions of the safety net have expired, US households have struggled to keep up with the pressures on their food budgets. In this brief, we examine trends in food insecurity and the receipt of charitable food using December 2023 data from the Urban Institute's Well-Being and Basic Needs Survey (WBNS), a nationally representative annual survey of more than 7,500 adults ages 18 to 64.
Authors
Poonam Gupta, Elaine Waxman, Michael Karpman, Baris Tezel, Dulce Gonzalez
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- United States of America
