Health/food Quiz

Miguel Penate (497W)

Sociology Race

Professor Kubal

4/2/2017

For this Quiz the first article I chose is A Decade of Change: Measuring the Extent, Depth and Severity of Food Insecurity. The article summarized the findings of past research involving race, social class and food insecurity. One of the methods used to find data was random sample surveys targeting food insecurity from 2001 to 2013. The times were used to see change from the beginning of 2001 through the great recession and post time period impacts.  The next method used was household sample checking and comparing every ones household no more than once. Another method was the food security measurement which measured the food insecurity level in each household. It also measured based upon if the household contained children or not. The questions were based on if the subjects had concerns if their food would run out, or if they had enough money to purchase more and if the children did not eat at all because there wasn't enough money. The last method was food insecurity Indies this checked the results of households that were food secure and contrasted with insecure food households.  The results showed there has been no major recovery since the recession of 2006-2008. These results also showed that the impact of the recession mostly affected the lower class whites with children, while the minority individuals with kids who were already food insecure had about the same results as before. Another great find was that individuals without children were affected more drastically with food insecurity than those with children.

The second article I chose was "Understanding Food Insecurity among Latino Immigrant Families in Rural America." This article focused on lower-class immigrant Latino families and how they were food insecure, what factors caused this and was it because of the migration.  This study was conducted sample surveys involving Latino immigrant mothers. Four states were given this survey assessing food insecurity in California, Michigan, Iowa and Michigan. Most of the immigrants in California were from second generation immigrants. In Michigan most of the immigrants were migrant workers living in Michigan for part of the year. In Iowa and Oregon the immigrants were barely settling.  Another method used was Justification of case selection which studied food security issues faced by the chosen families. This was also based on each families own life experiences. They also checked each family's demographics such as income, social, cultural and political factors. The last method was interview protocols which focused on in depth interviewing over a three year span from 2001 to 2004. This was focused on qualitative questions and answers. The results were families that were considered food insecure had common factors such as low education, a few life skills, and no community resources. Another factor for food insecurity was large households with little income. Food secure families consisted of origin of elders who owned their homes and land in Mexico. These families were also financially stable and needed little or no help at all to meet they're food needs.