A "food insecurity poverty line" to replace the official threshold in Canadian rural and urban settings? A single-person household perspective.
J Public Health Policy
; 45(2): 234-246, 2024 Jun.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-38736007
ABSTRACT
Household food insecurity is associated with both low income and high cost of living, it is a potentially better measure for consumption compared to income. We use data on food insecurity and income from 10 years of the Canadian Community Health Survey (2007-2017) of single-person households (n = 145,044) to estimate the probability of being food insecure at the Canadian poverty thresholds (Market Basket Measure thresholds, or MBMs), and determine the income required to reach that probability in each MBM region, aggregated by province and rural/urban status. A regression model shows the probability of being food insecure at the MBM is approximately 30% which we call the Food Insecurity Poverty Line (FIPL). The income required to meet the FIPL is substantially different from the MBM, sometimes 1.25 times the MBM. This implies that food insecurity is a potential sentinel measure for poverty.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Poverty
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Rural Population
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Urban Population
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Food Insecurity
Limits:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
J Public Health Policy
Year:
2024
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Canadá
Country of publication:
Reino Unido