The two social risk factors we mapped to economic stability were “caregiver underemployment” and “food insecurity”. Children who lived in households where none of the adult primary caregivers were employed at least 50 of the last 52 weeks were categorized as having “caregiver underemployment.”
Respondents were also asked to describe their “ability to afford the food the child’s family needed in the past 12 months”. If the caregiver responded with “We could always afford enough to eat but not always the kinds of food we should eat”. “Sometimes we could not afford enough to eat,” or “Often we could not afford enough to eat,” the child was categorized “food insecure”.
Respondents were also asked to describe their “ability to afford the food the child’s family needed in the past 12 months”. If the caregiver responded with “We could always afford enough to eat but not always the kinds of food we should eat”. “Sometimes we could not afford enough to eat,” or “Often we could not afford enough to eat,” the child was categorized “food insecure”.
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