BACKGROUND
Little is known at the national level about child food insecurity (CFI) among homeless and precariously housed US families, given sample and measurement limitations of existing studies.

OBJECTIVE
Drawing on 1990s data, we document the monthly prevalence of CFI for these families, compare it to the prevalence for domiciled families, and examine sources of CFI variation within homeless and precariously housed families suggested by our conceptual model.

METHODS
The 1996 National Survey of Homeless Assistance Providers and Clients (NSHAPC) contains a small subset of CFI measures identical to those in the food security module of the 1996 Current Population Survey (CPS), facilitating homeless–domiciled comparisons. We employ multiple logistic regression to evaluate potential correlates of CFI among the NSHAPC families.

RESULTS
Monthly prevalence of CFI in the NSHAPC families far exceeds that of their poor but domiciled CPS counterparts. Within the NSHAPC sample, CFI is a partial function of family composition, parental vulnerabilities, food stamp (SNAP) allotment, and access to nutrition-relevant organizations such as schools and health care settings. The NSHAPC data also hint at the uneven distribution of services and programs across communities.



中文翻译：

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美国无家可归和安置不稳定的儿童的粮食不安全：过去的教训（巴雷特·李、亚当·利珀特）

背景
考虑到现有研究的样本和测量局限性，在国家层面上对无家可归和住房不稳定的美国家庭的儿童粮食不安全 (CFI) 知之甚少。

目标
利用 1990 年代的数据，我们记录了这些家庭的每月 CFI 流行率，将其与户籍家庭的流行率进行比较，并检查我们的概念模型建议的无家可归和住房不稳定家庭中 CFI 变化的来源。

方法
1996 年全国无家可归者援助提供者和客户调查 (NSHAPC) 包含一小部分与 1996 年当前人口调查 (CPS) 的食品安全模块相同的 CFI 措施，促进了无家可归者与居住地的比较。我们采用多元逻辑回归来评估 NSHAPC 家族中 CFI 的潜在相关性。

结果
NSHAPC 家庭中 CFI 的月流行率远远超过其贫困但居住在 CPS 家庭中的情况。在 NSHAPC 样本中，CFI 是家庭构成、父母脆弱性、食品券 (SNAP) 分配以及与营养相关组织（如学校和医疗保健机构）的获取的部分函数。NSHAPC 数据还暗示了社区之间服务和计划的分布不均。