Service Description: Percentage of Children (Ages 0 to 17 Years) Living in Households with Food Insecurity. Data provided by Los Angeles County Department of Public Health (DPH) for the Community Health Profiles (CHP) Data Initiative.
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Description: Data for cities, communities, and City of Los Angeles Council Districts were generated using a small area estimation method which combined the survey data with population benchmark data (2022 population estimates for Los Angeles County) and neighborhood characteristics data (e.g., U.S. Census Bureau, 2017-2021 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates). Households experiencing food insecurity are defined as those with low food security or very low food security in the last 12 months. Food insecurity is assessed by a scaled variable created from a series of five questions.
Food insecurity, or the inability to reliably afford or access sufficient quantities of healthy food, affects hundreds of thousands of low-income households in Los Angeles County. Food insecurity during childhood is associated with delayed development, inability to concentrate in school, diminished academic performance, anxiety, depression, and early-onset obesity. Increasing enrollment in food assistance programs, such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (known as
CalFresh in California) or the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (better known as
WIC) is an important measure that cities and communities can take to combat food insecurity.
For more information about the Community Health Profiles Data Initiative, please see the
initiative homepage.
Copyright Text: Indicator generated by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health. Data for calculating this indicator came from the following sources: [1] 2023 Los Angeles County Health Survey, Office of Health Assessment and Epidemiology, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health; [2] Population and Poverty Estimates (Provisional), prepared by Hedderson Demographic Services for Los Angeles County, 2022; [3] U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, 2017-2021.
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