Food insecurity in veteran households: findings from nationally representative data.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The present study is the first to use nationally representative data to compare rates of food insecurity among households with veterans of the US Armed Forces and non-veteran households.

Design

We used data from the 2005-2013 waves of the Current Population Survey - Food Security Supplement to identify rates of food insecurity and very low food security in veteran and non-veteran households. We estimated the odds and probability of food insecurity in veteran and non-veteran households in uncontrolled and controlled models. We replicated these results after separating veteran households by their most recent period of service. We weighted models to create nationally representative estimates.

Setting

Nationally representative data from the 2005-2013 waves of th

SUBMITTER: Miller DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10271016 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature