Food Security (FS) Section

Fall 2021

BOX_00 (FS1000)

Route Details: THE FS SECTION IS ONLY ASKED IN FALL ROUNDS (RndCycle=Fall). IF IT IS A SPRING ROUND (RndCycle=Spring) CONTINUE TO THE NEXT SECTION (EMPLOYMENT).

IF RESPONDENT IS A PROXY (ST.Respondent=RespProxy) OR IF CASE IS FLAGGED AS A STUDENT RU, GO TO BOX_30.

OTHERWISE, CONTINUE WITH FS10.



FS10 (FS1005)

BLAISE NAME: FSIntro

Question Text:

These next questions are about whether you were always able to afford the food you needed in the last 30 days.

PRESS 1 AND ENTER TO CONTINUE.

Responses: CONTINUE 1 FS20 (FS1010)

Display Instructions:


FS20 (FS1010)

BLAISE NAME: FoodRunOut

Question Text:

I’m going to read you several statements that people have made about their food situation. For these statements, please tell me whether the statement was often true, sometimes true, or never true for {you/your family} in the last 30 days.

“In the last 30 days, {I/we} worried whether {my/our} food would run out before {I/we} got money to buy more.” Was that often, sometimes, or never true for {you/your family} in the last 30 days?

Responses: OFTEN TRUE 1 FS30 (FS1015)

SOMETIMES TRUE 2 FS30 (FS1015)

NEVER TRUE 3 FS30 (FS1015)

REFUSED RF FS30 (FS1015)

DON'T KNOW DK FS30 (FS1015)

Display Instructions: DISPLAY ‘you’ IF SINGLE PERSON RU. OTHERWISE, DISPLAY ‘your family’.

DISPLAY ‘I’, ‘my’, AND ‘you’ IF SINGLE PERSON RU.

OTHERWISE, DISPLAY ‘we’, ‘our’, AND ‘your family’.


FS30 (FS1015)

BLAISE NAME: FoodNotLast

Question Text:

“The food that {I/we} bought just didn’t last and {I/we} didn’t have money to get more.” Was that often, sometimes, or never true for {you/your family} in the last 30 days?

Responses: OFTEN TRUE 1 FS40 (FS1020)

SOMETIMES TRUE 2 FS40 (FS1020)

NEVER TRUE 3 FS40 (FS1020)

REFUSED RF FS40 (FS1020)

DON'T KNOW DK FS40 (FS1020)

Display Instructions: DISPLAY ‘I’ AND ‘you’ IF SINGLE PERSON RU.

OTHERWISE, DISPLAY ‘we’ AND ‘your family’.


FS40 (FS1020)

BLAISE NAME: AffrdBalance

Question Text:

“{I/we} couldn’t afford to eat balanced meals.” Was that often, sometimes, or never true for {you/your family} in the last 30 days?

Responses: OFTEN TRUE 1 BOX_10 (FS1025)

SOMETIMES TRUE 2 BOX_10 (FS1025)

NEVER TRUE 3 BOX_10 (FS1025)

REFUSED RF BOX_10 (FS1025)

DON'T KNOW DK BOX_10 (FS1025)

Display Instructions: DISPLAY ‘I’ AND ‘you’ IF SINGLE PERSON RU.

OTHERWISE, DISPLAY ‘we’ AND ‘your family’.


BOX_10 (FS1025)

Route Details: IF CODED ‘3’ (NEVER TRUE), DK, OR RF AT FS20 AND FS30 AND FS40, GO TO BOX_30.

OTHERWISE, CONTINUE WITH FS50.



FS50 (FS1030)

BLAISE NAME: SizeSkipMeal

Question Text:

In the last 30 days did {you/you or other adults in your family} ever cut the size of your meals or skip meals because there wasn't enough money for food?

Responses: YES 1 FS60 (FS1035)

NO 2 FS70 (FS1040)

REFUSED RF FS70 (FS1040)

DON'T KNOW DK FS70 (FS1040)

Display Instructions: DISPLAY ‘you’ IF ONLY ONE ADULT RU MEMBER IN HOUSEHOLD AS OF DATE OF INTERVIEW.

DISPLAY ‘you or other adults in your family’ IF MORE THAN ONE RU MEMBER > OR = 18 YEARS OLD IN HOUSEHOLD AS OF DATE OF INTERVIEW.


FS60 (FS1035)

BLAISE NAME: DaysSkipMeal

Question Text:

In the last 30 days, how many days did this happen?

Responses: 1

REFUSED RF FS70 (FS1040)

DON'T KNOW DK FS70 (FS1040)

Display Instructions:


FS70 (FS1040)

BLAISE NAME: EatLess

Question Text:

In the last 30 days, did you ever eat less than you felt you should because there wasn't enough money for food?

Responses: YES 1 FS80 (FS1045)

NO 2 FS80 (FS1045)

REFUSED RF FS80 (FS1045)

DON'T KNOW DK FS80 (FS1045)

Display Instructions:


FS80 (FS1045)

BLAISE NAME: EverHungry

Question Text:

In the last 30 days, were you ever hungry but didn't eat because there wasn't enough money for food?

Responses: YES 1 FS90 (FS1050)

NO 2 FS90 (FS1050)

REFUSED RF FS90 (FS1050)

DON'T KNOW DK FS90 (FS1050)

Display Instructions:


FS90 (FS1050)

BLAISE NAME: LoseWeight

Question Text:

In the last 30 days, did you lose weight because there wasn’t enough money for food?

Responses: YES 1 BOX_20 (FS1055)

NO 2 BOX_20 (FS1055)

REFUSED RF BOX_20 (FS1055)

DON'T KNOW DK BOX_20 (FS1055)

Display Instructions:


BOX_20 (FS1055)

Route Details: IF CODED ‘2’, DK, OR RF AT FS70 AND FS80 AND FS90, GO TO BOX_30.

OTHERWISE, CONTINUE WITH FS100.



FS100 (FS1060)

BLAISE NAME: NotEatForDay

Question Text:

In the last 30 days, did {you/you or other adults in your family} ever not eat for a whole day because there wasn’t enough money for food?

Responses: YES 1 FS110 (FS1065)

NO 2 BOX_30 (FS1070)

REFUSED RF BOX_30 (FS1070)

DON'T KNOW DK BOX_30 (FS1070)

Display Instructions: DISPLAY ‘you’ IF ONLY ONE ADULT RU MEMBER IN HOUSEHOLD AS OF DATE OF INTERVIEW.

DISPLAY ‘you or other adults in your family’ IF MORE THAN ONE RU MEMBER > OR = 18 YEARS OLD IN HOUSEHOLD AS OF DATE OF INTERVIEW.


FS110 (FS1065)

BLAISE NAME: DaysNotEat

Question Text:

In the last 30 days, how many days did this happen?

Responses: 1

REFUSED RF BOX_30 (FS1070)

DON'T KNOW DK BOX_30 (FS1070)

Display Instructions:


BOX_30 (FS1070)

Route Details: GO TO NEXT QUESTIONNAIRE SECTION (EMPLOYMENT).

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