Food insecurity during the coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. in March 2020, by income

Published by
Nils-Gerrit Wunsch,
Nov 26, 2020
Over 44 percent of lower income survey respondents in the United States stated that their household was having difficulty in affording needed groceries during the second week of March 2020, amid the coronavirus outbreak. In comparison, just 10.8 percent of upper income shoppers stated the same.

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Share of shoppers struggling to afford groceries during the coronavirus outbreak in the United States in March 2020, by income

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March 2020

Region

United States

Survey time period

March 13 to 15, 2020

Number of respondents

963 respondents

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244 lower income, 369 middle income, 350 upper income respondents

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