Table 22 A. Food Security by Social Characteristics:                                         43
Households with Enough of Kinds of Food, Enough of Food Wanted,
Food Security, and Not Worried Food Run Out: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          | Enough of  |            |            |            |
|                          |          |  kinds of  | Enough of  |            |Not worried |
|                          |          |    food    |food wanted |Food secure |food run out|
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        84.8|        97.8|        90.9|        88.5|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        78.5|        96.7|        87.4|        83.3|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        81.7|        97.2|        89.2|        86.1|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        86.8|        97.9|        91.6|        90.0|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        90.4|        99.0|        94.7|        93.2|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        87.9|        98.4|        92.9|        90.9|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        81.1|        97.0|        88.5|        85.7|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        86.7|        98.2|        92.4|        90.3|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        72.6|        95.0|        81.9|        78.0|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        82.9|        97.2|        86.4|        84.0|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        71.6|        95.1|        80.7|        77.2|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        88.2|        98.5|        93.6|        91.5|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        85.2|        97.5|        90.4|        89.1|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        82.8|        97.9|        91.0|        88.4|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        92.8|        99.2|        96.2|        94.8|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        85.0|        98.3|        92.4|        89.2|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        81.7|        97.8|        89.2|        86.8|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        65.9|        93.4|        76.4|        70.9|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        66.9|        93.1|        75.2|        71.9|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        86.7|        98.3|        92.6|        90.3|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        71.3|        94.9|        81.3|        77.4|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        88.2|        98.5|        93.3|        91.3|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        89.6|        99.0|        94.8|        93.0|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        75.3|        95.4|        83.2|        79.5|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8