A "food-secure" household QUIN
is one that has access at all
times to enough food for an
active healthy life for all
household members.
In 2009 in the United States,
194,579,000 adults and
57,010,000 children lived in
food-secure households;
20,741,000 adults and
16,209,000 children lived in
households with low food
security; and 12,223,000 adults and 988,000 children lived in households with very
low food security. (Source: U. S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States: 2012. Table 214.)
a. Summarize the information in a two-way frequency table with adult/child as the
explanatory variable.
b. In 2009, was an adult or a child more likely to live in a household with very
low food security? What two values do you need to compare to answer this
question?
c. Make a bar graph that best compares the proportions of adults and children
who live in households with the three levels of food security. Describe what
you can conclude from this graph.
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