| Hunger
Study 2006 |
|
Demographics of Clients |
Age
(US 2000 Census- 281,421,906) |
National |
Local |
Adults
- 18-59 (62%) |
54% |
59% |
Children
- 0-17 (25%) |
36% |
30% |
Seniors
- 65+ (12%) |
10% |
11% |
Ethnicity (US
2000 Census - 281,421,906) |
|
|
White (75%) |
45% |
70% |
African
American (13%) |
38% |
24% |
Hispanic
(12%) |
17% |
3% |
Educational |
|
|
Completed
Less than High School |
37% |
31.6% |
Complete
High School or Equivalent Degree |
37% |
50.6% |
| Completed
noncollege, business, trade, or technical school |
7% |
2.4% |
| Some College/Two-Year
Degree |
17% |
9.9% |
| Completed College or
Higher |
5% |
5.5% |
Other |
23% |
21% |
| Married |
24% |
27% |
| Widowed, Divorced or Separated |
42% |
42% |
| Single Parent Households |
43% |
40% |
| Households w/children younger than age 18 |
35% |
32% |
Clients Who Do Not Have: |
|
|
Automobile |
46% |
47% |
Telephone |
18% |
13% |
|
Stove or Refrigerator |
11% |
10% |
|
Employment and Income |
Employment |
National |
Local |
|
Employed - in household |
36% |
29% |
Employed
- client |
28% |
20% |
|
Clients with managerial or
professional jobs among those who have worked before or are currently
working |
18% |
21% |
|
Clients who have been unemployed for
two years or less |
30% |
28% |
Sources
Providing the most income to
clients in the past month |
|
Sources
|
National |
Local |
Job |
26% |
22% |
Pension/Social
Security |
22% |
21% |
Unemployment |
1% |
3% |
Disability/Workers
Comp |
7% |
6% |
Supplemental
Security Income |
10% |
30% |
General
Assistance |
2% |
6% |
TANF
(Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) |
2% |
<1% |
Other
(Alimony, Child Support, Church, Relatives) |
5% |
4% |
|
Unknown |
15% |
6% |
|
No
Income
|
10% |
5% |
| Annual
Household Income |
| Income |
National |
Local |
<$10,000 |
51% |
54% |
<$20,000 |
77% |
79% |
Households
with income below federal poverty level |
75% |
75% |
| Households
with an average monthly income less than $1,000 |
61% |
67% |
| No income
in the past month |
7% |
5% |
| Average
Annual Income in 2004 |
$11,210 |
$11,620 |
| Households
with one or more adults working |
36% |
22% |
| Food
and Security |
Food Needs |
National |
Local |
Receiving
food stamps |
30% |
44% |
Food
stamps last only 3 weeks or less |
84% |
75% |
Clients
who have ever worried about source of next meal |
71% |
64% |
Adults
who skip meals due to lack of food and money |
49% |
17% |
Children
(17 or younger) skipping meals (of households with children) |
12% |
5% |
Primary
Source for Grocery Shopping |
National |
Local |
Supermarket/Discount
Store |
88% |
85% |
Convenience
Store |
2% |
2% |
| Other |
4% |
5% |
| Don't buy
groceries-free food only |
3% |
8% |
| clients who
do not have cars in household |
46% |
47% |
|
Housing and Health |
Housing Status |
National |
Local |
Homeless |
12% |
12% |
Have own
housing (house, apt., mobile home) |
87% |
86% |
Live in
Marginal Housing (room only, live w/family/friends) |
2% |
2% |
| Own the place lived in |
24% |
28% |
| Rent |
66% |
70% |
| Living in Section 8
Housing |
n/a |
12% |
Late
in rent/mortgage (of those with own housing) |
20% |
16% |
Having
to choose between paying rent & buying food |
35% |
32% |
Health |
|
|
Poor
health a serious problem for at least one person in household |
17% |
33% |
Households
with unpaid medical bills |
41% |
46% |
Clients
with private health insurance |
14% |
21% |
|
Choice Between Food and
Necessities |
| Paying for food and paying
for utilities or heating fuel |
41% |
40% |
| Paying for food and paying
for rent or mortgage |
35% |
32% |
| Paying for food and paying
for medicine or medical care |
32% |
29% |
|
Use of food assistance
from the Government |
| Receiving Food Stamps |
35% |
53% |
| Food Stamps last 3 weeks
or less |
81% |
70% |
| Average number of weeks
food stamps last |
2.5 |
2.5 |
| Households with children
who participate in School Lunch Programs |
62% |
73% |
| Households with children
who participate in School Breakfast Programs |
51% |
55% |
| Households with Seniors
age 65 or older who participate in Senior Nutrition Sites, Home delivered
meals or Senior brown-bag programs |
36% |
23% |
|
Food Security |
| Households that were food
insecure with and without hunger |
70% |
65% |
| Food Insecurity without
hunger among households with children younger than age 18 |
42% |
32% |
| Food Insecurity with
hunger among households with children younger than age 18 |
31% |
38% |
| Food Insecurity with
hunger among food stamp participants |
32% |
33% |
| Food Insecurity without
hunger among food stamp participants |
36% |
35% |
| Adult clients who cut the
size of meals or skipped |
38% |
49% |
Children (17 or younger)
skipping meals
(in households with children) |
14% |
7% |
|
Agency Program Data |
| Faith-based or religion
affiliated member agency |
56% |
65% |
|
Agencies that experienced an
increase in the
number of clients served since 2001 |
| Food Pantries |
65% |
60% |
| Soup Kitchens |
61% |
73% |
| Shelters |
52% |
40% |
| Average number of boxes or
bags of food distributed in a typical week |
140 |
337 |
|
Average percentage of food
distributed by an agency that is
provided food by Second Harvest Food Bank of NW PA |
| Food Pantries |
74% |
82% |
| Soup Kitchens |
49% |
56% |
| Shelters |
41% |
44% |
Agencies
that never or rarely needed to stretch food resources
to provide to all in need |
| Food Pantries |
81% |
94% |
| Soup Kitchens |
91% |
91% |
| Shelters |
94% |
80% |
| Clients that are very satisfied
or somewhat satisfied with amount of food provided |
92% |
96% |
| Agencies
with no paid staff |
| Food Pantries |
66% |
75% |
| Soup kitchens |
41% |
30% |
| Shelters |
11% |
0% |
| Average
number of Volunteer Hours |
| Food Pantries |
35 |
37 |
| Soup Kitchens |
58 |
57 |
| Shelters |
51 |
30 |
| Average Hourly Value of
Volunteer Hours |
$10.65 |
$7.90 |
| Devastating
or significant impact on agency if Food Bank closed |
| Food Pantries |
89% |
88% |
| Soup Kitchens |
77% |
73% |
| Shelters |
75% |
80% |
