Current Population Survey, December 2001: Food Security Supplement

This data collection is comprised of responses from two sets of survey questionnaires, the basic Current Population Survey (CPS) and a survey on the topic of food security in the United States, which was administered as a supplement to the December 2001 CPS questionnaire.The CPS, administered monthly, is a labor force survey providing current estimates of the economic status and activities of the population of the United States. Specifically, the CPS provides estimates of total employment (both farm and nonfarm), nonfarm self-employed persons, domestics, and unpaid helpers in nonfarm family enterprises, wage and salaried employees, and estimates of total unemployment. Data from the CPS are provided for the week prior to the survey.The supplement was intended to research the full range of severity of food insecurity as experienced in United States households. The food security questions were asked of all interviewed households, as appropriate. Respondents were queried on how much the household spent for food, their use of federal and community food assistance programs, whether they were able to afford enough food, food sufficiency, and ways of coping with not having enough food. Demographic variables include age, sex, race, Hispanic origin, marital status, veteran status, educational attainment, occupation, and income.

本数据集包含两类调查问卷的回复数据，分别为基础版当前人口调查（Current Population Survey，CPS），以及作为2001年12月CPS问卷附加模块开展的美国粮食安全主题调查。CPS为月度开展的劳动力市场调查，用于提供美国人口经济状况与活动的当期估算数据。具体而言，其可估算总就业人数（涵盖农业与非农业就业）、非农业自营劳动者、家政工人及非农业家庭企业中的无酬协助者、工资薪金雇员，同时可提供总失业人数的估算值。CPS数据对应调查周的前一周情况。本附加模块旨在研究美国家庭所经历的粮食不安全严重程度的完整谱系。所有受访家庭均被问及相应的粮食安全相关问题，调查内容包括家庭食品支出规模、对联邦及社区粮食援助项目的使用情况、是否有能力负担充足食品、食品充足状况，以及应对食品不足的各类方式。本次调查收集的人口统计变量涵盖年龄、性别、种族、西班牙裔血统、婚姻状况、退伍军人身份、受教育程度、职业与收入。