Feeding a family
Almost half of Nids-Cram survey respondents reported running out of money for food. A separate study considers the effect on pregnant women and new mothers
15 July 2020 - 13:00
As the data from the National Income Dynamics Study: Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (Nids-Cram) began to come in during May, it was immediately clear that hunger was widespread.
As is reported elsewhere in the FM this week, 47% of Nids-Cram respondents reported that their households had run out of money to buy food, with 22% reporting that someone in the household had gone hungry in the past seven days. In households with children, 15% of respondents reported that a child had gone hungry in the past seven days...
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