Food poverty in the U.K. (excluding Scotland) in 2020, by age group

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Nils-Gerrit Wunsch,
Oct 11, 2023
In 2020, approximately four percent of participants in the age group16 to 24 stated in a survey conducted in the United Kingdom (U.K.) that they or people in their household never ran out of food and that they then did not have enough money to buy more food. Among the age group of those 75 and older, it was 91 percent. Data coverage excludes Scotland.

Food poverty in the United Kingdom (excluding Scotland) in 2020, by age group

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Release date

June 2021

Region

United Kingdom (England, Wales, Northern Ireland)

Survey time period

July 29 to October 6, 2020

Number of respondents

9,245 respondents

Age group

16-75+

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Participants were asked: "Please say whether the statement below was often true, sometimes true or never true for you/people in your household in the last 12 months. The food that we bought just didn't last, and I/we didn't have money to get more"

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