October 2008



Does your family suffer from any food shortages? * Poverty all Crosstabulation
% within Poverty all


Poverty all Total
Below the poverty line Above the poverty line
Does your family suffer from any food shortages? Yes 57.1% 45.0% 52.0%
No 42.9% 55.0% 48.0%
Total 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Chi-Square Tests

Value df Asymp. Sig. (2-sided) Exact Sig. (2-sided) Exact Sig. (1-sided)
Pearson Chi-Square 4.415(b) 1 .036

Continuity Correction(a) 3.940 1 .047

Likelihood Ratio 4.422 1 .035

Fisher's Exact Test


.037 .024
Linear-by-Linear Association 4.400 1 .036

N of Valid Cases 304



a Computed only for a 2x2 table
b 0 cells (.0%) have expected count less than 5. The minimum expected count is 61.95.