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Contents
Abstract 3
Acknowledgments 3
Summary 5
Introduction 7
Data and Methodology 8
Constructing a Civilian Adult Comparison Group for Active Duty Service Members 9
Estimating Measurement Error in Food Insecurity Measures 11
Comparing the Prevalence and Severity of Food Insecurity Among the Military and Civilian Adult Populations 12
Assessing the Extent of Measurement Error in Military Food Insecurity Measures 17
Sensitivity Analyses 19
Discussion and Conclusion 20
References 23
Appendix A: Six-Item Short Form Food Security Survey Module Questions 25
Appendix B: Detailed Food Security Statistics by Selected Characteristics 26
Table 1. Summary statistics for the U.S. military and civilian adult samples, 2018 and 2020 10
Table 2. Prevalence of food insecurity and very low food security among the U.S. military and civilian adult populations, 2018 and 2020 13
Table 3. Bias for the estimated prevalence of food insecurity and very low food security for the U.S. military relative to the civilian adult population due to... 19
Figure 1. Prevalence of food insecurity among the military and adjusted civilian adult populations by selected household characteristics, 2018 and 2020 14
Figure 2. Prevalence of very low food security among the military and adjusted civilian adult populations by selected household characteristics, 2018 and 2020 16
Figure 3. Estimated severity of the food insecurity questions among the U.S. military and civilian adult populations 18
Figure 4. Prevalence of food insecurity for the military and civilian adult populations under different data and methodological approaches 20
Table B.1. Prevalence of food insecurity by selected demographic and economic characteristics for the U.S. military and civilian adult populations, 2018 and 2020 26
Table B.2. Prevalence of very low food security by selected demographic and economic characteristics for the U.S. military and civilian adult populations,... 27