July 16 -- The Economic Research Service's (ERS) invites public comments by September 16, 2024 regarding the renewal of supplemental food security questions in the Current Population Survey (CPS).
The U.S. Census Bureau supplements the December CPS with questions regarding household food shopping, use of food and nutrition assistance programs, food sufficiency, and difficulties in meeting household food needs.
ERS is one of the 13 principal statistical agencies of the federal government and is responsible for conducting studies and producing statistics on food security in U.S. households. The data collected by the food security supplement will be used to monitor the prevalence of food security and the prevalence and severity of food insecurity among the Nation's households. The prevalence of these conditions as well as year-to-year trends in their prevalence will be estimated at the national level and for population subgroups. The data will also be used to monitor the amounts that households spend for food and their use of community food pantries and other community food assistance. These statistics along with research based on the data will be used to identify the causes and consequences of food insecurity, and to assess the need for, and performance of, domestic food and nutrition assistance programs. The data will also be used to improve the measurement of food security and to develop measures of additional aspects and dimensions of food security. This consistent measurement of the extent and severity of food insecurity will aid in policy decision-making.
The supplemental survey instrument was developed in conjunction with food security experts nationwide as well as survey method experts within the Census Bureau and was reviewed in 2006 by the Committee on National Statistics of the National Research Council.
ERS Food Security:
https://www.ers.usda.gov/data-products/food-security-in-the-united-states/
Census Food Security:
https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/cps/cps-supp_cps-repwgt/cps-food-security.html
Current clearance:
https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAViewICR?ref_nbr=202207-0536-001
FRN:
https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2024-15635
