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Eliminate very low food security in children — NWS‑02 Data

Status: Getting worse

  Getting worse

Most Recent Data:
1.02 percent (2022)

Target:
0.00 percent

Desired Direction:
Decrease desired

Baseline:
0.59 percent of households with children under 18 years had very low food security among children in 2018

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Very low food security among children in the past 12 months, 2018-2022
(percent)
Decrease desired

Population 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022
Total
0.59
CI 0.41 / 0.76
SE 0.089
0.57
CI 0.35 / 0.78
SE 0.109
0.85
CI 0.60 / 1.09
SE 0.125
0.74
CI 0.53 / 0.96
SE 0.111
1.02
CI 0.78 / 1.26
SE 0.123