Hunger and Food Insecurity in California

 

Results from the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS),2001 

 

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The California Health Interview Survey (CHIS 2001), conducted by the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA), found a striking amount of hunger in California, a state known for its agricultural production. The survey findings show that more than 2.2 million low-income adults in California cannot always afford to put food on the table. About one out of every three of these adults experience episodes of hunger. For more info, click on the links below.

• Hunger Study Brief (updated on 11/07/02 at 2pm)

• County map of food insecurity rates in California

• Number of people per county experiencing hunger and food insecurity

• FAQs on the study

• A Thanksgiving Menu of Policy Options (policy responses to the hunger problem)

• Talking Points on the Hunger Survey

• Official link to the CHIS website 

 

Media coverage on the release:

• Fresno Bee: Hunger is growing in fertile valley

• SF Gate: Not Enough to Eat/Hunger at the Kid's Table

• SacBee: "As deficit grows, so do ranks of California's poor children"

• Press Democrat editorial titled "Hunger Pains"

• NPR: "California Hunger" 

• UCLA Hunger Study--To view or listen to any video clips you will need either Windows Media Player or Real Player.  UCLA Hunger Study - Windows  or  UCLA Hunger Study - Real Media

• Fresno Bee's "Hunger Strikes Tulare County"

• KQED radio's "California Report" called "Hunger in the land of plenty."  

  (scroll down and click on the "Hunger in the Land of Plenty" story) 

• Los Angeles Times: Millions feel the sting of hunger

• San Jose Mercury News

• Visalia Times Delta

• Davis Enterprise

• Press Democrat

• San Luis Obispo Times

• Contra Costa Times: AP story

• Fresno Bee, Modesto Bee, Stockton Record: AP story

• SF Gate:  AP story 

• San Jose Mercury News

• San Mateo County Times

• Daily Republic (Solano County)

*Op-Ed from the Second Harvest Food Bank 

 

Please send us your links, clips, video and audio coverage of the CHIS.

 

 

ASK CHIS!

Curious about what other kinds of information CHIS has?  By clicking here, you can create customized data tables on topics such as: health-related behaviors, health conditions, income/employment, race/ethnicity, age, and insurance coverage/access to health care.

 

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Questions?  Contact George Manalo-LeClair at george@cfpa.net or 415.777.4422 ext. 103 or by cell at (415) 794-6080.