Current Population Survey (CPS) Food Security Supplement

Description

The Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS-FSS) is the source of national and State-level statistics on food insecurity used in USDA's annual reports on household food security. The CPS is a monthly labor force survey of about 50,000 households conducted by the Census Bureau for the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Once each year, after answering the labor force questions, the same households are asked a series of questions (the Food Security Supplement) about food security, food expenditures, and use of food and nutrition assistance programs. Food security data have been collected by the CPS-FSS each year since 1995.

Data Access

Where to apply

https://www.census.gov/about/adrm/fsrdc.html

Fees

Possible seat fee dependent on consortium membership. URL for more information: https://www.census.gov/about/adrm/fsrdc/about/fsrdc-network-fees.html

Access modality

FSRDC

Usage restrictions

Census Bureau restricted-use data must be used for statistical purposes and cannot be used for purposes of enforcing laws or regulations or for profit.

Public Use File available

Yes

Public-use version

https://www.census.gov/data/datasets/time-series/demo/cps/cps-supp_cps-repwgt/cps-food-security.html

Summary of differences

For a detailed description of the differences, please see "Comparison of Census Bureau Public and Restricted Data" in general metadata section.

Geography differs from restricted-use file (RUF)

Yes

Variable detail differs from Restricted Use File (RUF)

Yes

Additional information about restricted dataset

https://www2.census.gov/programs-surveys/cps/techdocs/cpsnov13.pdf