Understanding Persistent Food Insecurity: A Paradox of Place and Circumstance |
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Authors: | Sheila Mammen Jean W Bauer Leslie Richards |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Resource Economics, University of Massachusetts, 303 Stockbridge Hall, Amherst, MA 01003, USA;(2) Department of Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, 275 McNeal Hall, St. Paul, MN 55108, USA;(3) Department of Human Development & Family Sciences, Oregon State University, 322 Milam Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA |
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Abstract: | Survey data from a U.S. Department of Agriculture funded multi-state longitudinal project revealed a paradox where rural low-income
families from states considered prosperous were persistently more food insecure than similar families from less prosperous
states. An examination of quantitative and qualitative data found that families in the food insecure states were more likely
to experience greater material hardship and incur greater housing costs than families in the food secure states. Families
in the food insecure states, however, did not have lower per capita median incomes or lower life satisfaction than those in
the food secure states. A wide range of strategies to cope with food insecurity reported by families in both food insecure
and food secure states was examined using the Family Ecological Systems Theory. Families in the food insecure states used
several risky consumption reduction strategies such as curbing their appetite and using triage. Families in the food secure
states, on the other hand, employed positive techniques involving their human capital.
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Keywords: | Persistent food insecurity Rural low-income families Food coping strategies Family Ecological Systems Material hardship |
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