May 2008



Does your family suffer from any food shortages? * Poverty all Crosstabulation
% within Poverty all


Poverty all Total
Below the poverty level Above the poverty level
Does your family suffer from any food shortages? Yes 75.9% 67.0% 72.7%
No 24.1% 33.0% 27.3%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided) Exact Sig. (2-sided) Exact Sig. (1-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 2.323(b) 1 .127

Continuity Correction(a) 1.897 1 .168

Likelihood Ratio 2.288 1 .130

Fisher's Exact Test


.142 .085
Linear-by-Linear Association 2.314 1 .128

N of Valid Cases 253



a Computed only for a 2x2 table
b 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 24.82.