Food Security and Food Purchase Quality Among Low-Income Households: Findings From the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS)

by Christian A. Gregory, Lisa Mancino, and Alisha Coleman-Jensen

This report characterizes the difference in food purchase quality of low-income food-insecure and food-secure households using the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey, a unique data collection fielded by ERS in partnership with the Food and Nutrition Service focused on household food purchase behavior.

Keywords: Healthy Eating Index, FoodAPS, National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey, food security, food purchase

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