Solving the Problems of Iowa Food Deserts: Food Insecurity and Civic Structure

Autor/inn/en	Morton, Lois Wright; Bitto, Ella Annette; Oakland, Mary Jane; Sand, Mary
Titel	Solving the Problems of Iowa Food Deserts: Food Insecurity and Civic Structure
Quelle	In: Rural Sociology, 70 (2005) 1, S.94-112 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0036-0112
Schlagwörter	Security (Psychology); Social Structure; Rural Areas; Counties; Nutrition; Poverty; Social Influences; Food; Retailing + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Security; Psychology; Sicherheit; Sozialstruktur; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Ernährung; Armut; Sozialer Einfluss; Lebensmittel; Warenwirtschaft
Abstract	Rural regions include places where food sources are not evenly distributed, leading to areas of concentration and food desert--places where few or no grocery stores exist. Individuals are hypothesized to depend on personal connections and the civic structure of where they live to help them solve the problem of food insecurity. We find that residents living in poor rural counties with few grocery stores and perceptions of high civic structure are significantly less likely to be food insecure. A great deal of food giving and receiving is reported, but these personal connections do not decrease the odds of being food insecure. Lower incomes and being younger increase the odds of food insecurity. Our findings suggest that investments in strengthening the social structure of rural communities along with strategies that increase incomes can help households solve the problem of food insecurity. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10