Research on Food Security
Judith Bartfeld and Lingling Wang authored a discussion paper, “Local-Level Predictors of Household Food Insecurity”
This paper is available on the Institute for Research on Poverty website: http://www.irp.wisc.edu/publications/dps/dplist.htm. The paper supports the view that food insecurity results from a complex interplay among personal resources, public resources, and the economic and social contexts in which a household resides. Professor Bartfeld and Rachel Dunifon published an article, “State-Level Predictors of Food Insecurity Among Households with Children,” in the Journal of Public Policy Analysis and Management. The article explored the role of state characteristics in explaining cross-state differences in household food security. This research also served as the basis for a report published by the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, by Judi Bartfeld, Rachel Dunifon, Mark Nord, and Steve Carlson, titled Most of the Differences in Food Insecurity Across States Can Be Accounted for by a Small Number of Household and State Characteristics. Professor Bartfeld also received a grant from the USDA to examine the use of the School Breakfast Program and its potential impacts on food security and breakfast eating patterns.
