Measuring Food Insecurity during the COVID-19 Pandemic of Spring 2020JEL codes
Measuring Food Insecurity during the COVID-19 Pandemic of Spring 2020JEL codes
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DOI：
10.1002/aepp.13069
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发表时间：
2020-09-09
影响因子：
5.8
通讯作者：
Norwood, F. Bailey
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作者：
Ahn, Sunjin;Norwood, F. Bailey
2020年春季的COVID-19大流行导致了高失业率、食品价格上涨和企业销售损失。家庭财务状况的恶化可能会加剧美国的食品不安全，但增加多少呢？虽然美国政府要到2020年12月才会测量粮食不安全状况，但之前的研究已经开发出一种方法，可以使用可选择小组快速部署的互联网调查来近似政府数据。我们采用这种方法来衡量2020年5月的粮食不安全状况。结果表明，虽然所有家庭的粮食不安全状况几乎没有明显上升，但有儿童的家庭被列为粮食不安全的比例比2016年和2017年高出约3个百分点。
The COVID-19 pandemic in the spring of 2020 resulted high levels of unemployment, higher food prices, and loss of business sales. This deterioration in households' financial status likely increased food insecurity in the US, but by how much? While the US government will not measure food insecurity until December of 2020, previous research has developed a methodology whereby internet surveys that can be rapidly deployed using opt-in panels can approximate government numbers. We employ this methodology to measure food insecurity in May of 2020. Results suggest that while there is little to no detectable rise in food insecurity for all households, the percent of households with children classified as food insecure is about three percentage points higher than it was in 2016 and 2017.