Some examples of questions used by U.S. Department of Agriculture's Economic Research Service to assess the food security of households in the U.S, in 2022:
• "We worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more." Was that often, sometimes, or never true for you in the last 12 months?
• "The food that we bought just didn't last, and we didn't have money to get more." Was that often, sometimes, or never true for you in the last 12 months?
• "We couldn't afford to eat balanced meals." Was that often, sometimes, or never true for you in the last 12 months?
• "The children were not eating enough because there wasn't enough money for food." Was that often, sometimes, or never true for you in the last 12 months?
• In the last 12 months, did you ever cut the size of any of the children's meals because there wasn't enough money for food? (Yes or no.)
• In the last 12 months, did any of the children ever not eat for a whole day because there wasn't enough money for food? (Yes or no.)
• In the last 12 months, did you or other adults in your household ever not eat for a whole day because there wasn't enough money for food? (Yes or no.)
• In the last 12 months, did you ever eat less than you felt you should because there wasn't enough money for food? (Yes or no.)
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