The clues for today's subgroup come from food insecurity data.
If you are ready to play grab your calculator and play along at home.
29% could not feed themselves or their families in the last year
More than 1 in 4 X couples raising biological, adopted, or step children under age 18 (26%), approximately 27,000 couples, participated in SNAP.
Rates of food insecurity are higher for X adults when compared to non X adults across several national surveys, and across gender, age, racial/ethnic, and education level groups. After taking these factors into account:
X adults are 1.7 times more likely than non-X adults to not have had enough money to feed themselves or their family in the past year.
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X adults aged 18-44 are 1.3 times more likely than their non X counterparts to receive food stamps. -
X couples are 1.7 times more likely than non X couples to receive food stamps.
X adults aged 18-44 raising children are 1.8 times more likely than their non X counterparts to receive food stamps. -
X couples raising biological, adopted, or step children under age 18 are 2.1 times more likely than comparable non X couples to receive food stamps.
It sure looks like discrimination is expensive.