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American Journal of Public Health, Vol 90, Issue 10 1629-1633, Copyright © 2000 by American Public Health Association

JOURNAL ARTICLE

Hunger in legal immigrants in California, Texas, and Illinois

J Kasper, SK Gupta, P Tran, JT Cook and AF Meyers
Division of General Academic Pediatrics, Boston Medical Center, Mass. 02118, USA. jennifer.kasper@bmc.org

OBJECTIVES: This study determined the prevalence of food insecurity and hunger in low-income legal immigrants. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional survey of Latino and Asian legal immigrants attending urban clinics and community centers in California, Texas, and Illinois with a food security questionnaire. RESULTS: Among 630 respondents, 40% of the households were food insecure without hunger and 41% were food insecure with hunger. Independent predictors of hunger were income below federal poverty level (odds ratio [OR] = 2.72, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.72, 4.30), receipt of food stamps (OR = 2.53, 95% CI = 1.57, 4.09), Latino ethnicity (OR = 2.39, 95% CI = 1.49, 3.82), and poor English (OR = 1.76, 95% CI = 1.10, 2.82). CONCLUSIONS: The prevalence of hunger among low-income legal immigrants is unacceptably high. Access to food assistance programs is important for the health and well-being of this population.


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