U.S. food insecurity status: Toward a refined definition

Social Indicators Research

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-230

  Coleman Jensen, Alisha Judith ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Food insecurity; Food security measurement; U.S. Current Population Survey

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; FOOD SECURITY; FOOD SUPPLY; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 73449095436     PISSN: 03038300     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11205-009-9455-4     Document Type: Article

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