Ross, K., Liu, T., Guo, X. et al. (2 more authors) (2024) A “food insecurity poverty line” to replace the official threshold in Canadian rural and urban settings? A single-person household perspective. Journal of Public Health Policy, 45 (2). pp. 234-246. ISSN 0197-5897
Abstract
Household food insecurity is associated with both low income and high cost of living, it is a potentially better measure for consumption compared to income. We use data on food insecurity and income from 10 years of the Canadian Community Health Survey (2007–2017) of single-person households (n = 145,044) to estimate the probability of being food insecure at the Canadian poverty thresholds (Market Basket Measure thresholds, or MBMs), and determine the income required to reach that probability in each MBM region, aggregated by province and rural/urban status. A regression model shows the probability of being food insecure at the MBM is approximately 30% which we call the Food Insecurity Poverty Line (FIPL). The income required to meet the FIPL is substantially different from the MBM, sometimes 1.25 times the MBM. This implies that food insecurity is a potential sentinel measure for poverty.
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Item Type: | Article |
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2024 The Author(s). |
Keywords: | Food insecurity; Health policy; Population health; Poverty |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Social Sciences (Sheffield) > Department of Economics (Sheffield) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 07 Jun 2024 10:54 |
Last Modified: | 20 Nov 2024 11:33 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1057/s41271-024-00485-2 |
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Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:213216 |