Table 22 B. Food Security by Economic Characteristics:                                       44
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|
|Household income quintile |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Lowest quintile         |    20,520|        71.8|        94.4|        79.8|        76.6|
|  2nd quintile            |    20,527|        79.8|        97.3|        88.0|        85.1|
|  3rd quintile            |    20,538|        85.3|        98.4|        92.5|        90.2|
|  4th quintile            |    20,530|        91.1|        99.0|        96.0|        93.8|
|  Highest quintile        |    20,533|        96.2|        99.7|        98.3|        97.0|
|Household poverty         |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Income below poverty    |    12,648|        64.6|        92.4|        72.9|        68.4|
|  Income above poverty    |    90,003|        87.7|        98.5|        93.5|        91.4|
|Education of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not high school graduate|    17,744|        74.0|        95.4|        83.0|        79.7|
|  High school graduate    |    31,111|        83.8|        97.6|        90.4|        87.4|
|  Some college            |    29,009|        85.3|        98.0|        91.5|        89.1|
|  Bachelors or higher     |    24,788|        93.3|        99.4|        96.7|        95.6|
|Occupation of householder |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Executive               |    10,912|        93.0|        99.2|        96.0|        94.6|
|  Professional            |    11,394|        92.2|        99.5|        95.8|        94.9|
|  Technical               |     2,321|        88.8|        99.5|        94.7|        90.8|
|  Sales                   |     7,956|        87.5|        98.0|        92.7|        90.7|
|  Administrative support  |     9,301|        83.3|        97.7|        90.6|        88.0|
|  Service                 |     8,352|        76.1|        95.8|        85.6|        82.0|
|  Farm                    |     1,899|        82.6|        97.4|        89.8|        86.0|
|  Craft                   |     8,663|        85.5|        97.3|        92.5|        89.8|
|  Labor                   |    10,261|        80.7|        97.7|        89.5|        85.9|
|Region                    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Northeast               |    19,808|        87.3|        97.8|        91.5|        89.2|
|  Midwest                 |    25,144|        86.3|        98.1|        91.9|        89.9|
|  South                   |    36,086|        83.5|        97.7|        90.8|        88.3|
|  West                    |    21,614|        83.1|        97.6|        89.5|        86.8|
|Metropolitan status       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Central City            |    13,104|        77.8|        96.2|        85.7|        82.4|
|  Metropolitan, outside   |          |            |            |            |            |
|  central city            |    72,974|        86.1|        98.0|        91.7|        89.6|
|  Non-metropolitan        |    16,573|        84.9|        98.0|        91.6|        89.0|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8