Table 23 A. Food Security by Social Characteristics:                                         45
Households with Ability to Afford Balanced Meals, No Skipped Meals,
Not Eating Less, and Not Skipping Food for Day: 1998
(Numbers in thousands)

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|Characteristics           |          |   Afford   |            |            |            |
|                          |          |  balanced  | No skipped | Not eating |Not skipping|
|                          |          |   meals    |   meals    |    less    |food for day|
|                          |  Total   |------------+------------+------------+------------|
|                          |Households|  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |  Percent   |
|--------------------------+----------+------------+------------+------------+------------|
|All households            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Total                   |   102,652|        90.3|        95.6|        95.4|        98.8|
|Age of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  15 to 29                |    12,686|        87.5|        93.8|        93.4|        98.4|
|  30 to 44                |    34,628|        88.9|        94.0|        93.8|        98.3|
|  45 to 64                |    33,549|        90.6|        96.3|        96.0|        99.0|
|  65 or older             |    21,788|        93.7|        98.1|        98.2|        99.6|
|Sex of householder        |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Male                    |    56,448|        92.3|        96.9|        96.6|        99.2|
|  Female                  |    46,204|        87.8|        94.0|        94.0|        98.4|
|Race of householder       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  White                   |    86,272|        91.8|        96.3|        96.1|        99.0|
|  Black                   |    12,474|        81.3|        91.4|        90.9|        97.6|
|  Other                   |     3,906|        85.4|        94.2|        94.1|        98.2|
|Ethnicity of householder  |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Hispanic                |     8,794|        79.0|        91.8|        91.2|        97.3|
|  White non-Hispanic      |    78,219|        93.1|        96.7|        96.6|        99.2|
|Household structure       |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Non-family alone        |    28,005|        89.6|        94.7|        95.0|        98.6|
|  Non-family with others  |     3,647|        89.5|        95.1|        94.9|        98.3|
|  Married, no children    |    27,345|        95.5|        99.0|        98.8|        99.8|
|  Married with children   |    26,955|        91.9|        96.5|        96.0|        99.3|
|  Unmarried, no children  |     5,804|        88.4|        95.7|        95.4|        98.9|
|  Unmarried with children |    10,896|        76.6|        87.3|        86.7|        96.0|
|Householder disability    |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Disabled                |     9,720|        73.4|        86.2|        85.1|        95.7|
|  Not disabled            |    92,932|        92.1|        96.6|        96.5|        99.1|
|Health insurance coverage |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Not insured             |    20,451|        80.1|        90.7|        89.9|        97.2|
|  Insured                 |    82,201|        92.8|        96.8|        96.8|        99.2|
|Housing tenure            |          |            |            |            |            |
|  Home owner              |    68,632|        94.0|        97.8|        97.6|        99.5|
|  Renter                  |    34,020|        82.8|        91.3|        91.0|        97.4|
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Survey of Income and Program Participation, 1996 Panel, Wave 8