Food security status of older adult home-delivered meals program participants and components of its measurement.
Food security status was assessed for 143 West Central Indiana community-dwelling older adults participating in a home-delivered meals program, using the national CPS-FSSM survey, based on economics, and augmented items, including such factors as ability to prepare and/or shop for food. Results showed that 74.8% were food secure, much lower than the national rate for households with elderly (94.0%). Gender and age were found to be statistically significant predictors of food security status (national items). Scores based on national versus augmented items were significantly correlated, but scores for augmented items showed more food insecurity, indicating these items identified more food insecure older adults than the national items alone.
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Lynn
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Department of Family and Consumer Sciences, Indiana State University, 318 N. 6th Street, Terre Haute, IN 47809, USA. lduerr@indstate.edu
D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004522:Educational Status; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005522:Food Services; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D006815:Hunger; D007182:Income; D008297:Male; D017533:Marital Status; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D017678:Sex Distribution