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How did we estimate charitable food assistance participation in 2022?

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The estimated number of individuals who received charitable food assistance (CFA) in 2022 is derived from two primary sources of information:

The WBNS asks respondents whether they have received charitable food assistance in the past 30 days and past 12 months, using two survey questions that were developed and tested by Feeding America to improve the consistency, accuracy, and reliability of data about charitable food assistance participation in the United States. Learn more about that survey module here.

Because WBNS is a representative of households with a working-age adult 18-64, results from the WBNS are supplemented with insights from the CPS

How we calculate this estimate is show in the graphic below:

graphic describing the calculation used to get the charitable assistance participation estimate in 2022

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Charitable Food Assistance Participation in 2022