Perspectives of Food Insecurity and Service Delivery amongst Emergency Food Relief Clients in a Regional City in Victoria, Australia
Table 3
Food acquisition, food spend, and food preferences for emergency food relief of people (n = 100) receiving emergency food relief and meals programmes in Ballarat, Victoria.
Question and variable item
Variable response
Count
In the last week, which places did you go to get food?
Supermarket
90
Meal programmes
64
Emergency food relief organisations
50
Takeaway or fast food
30
Friends or relatives
28
Soup bus
22
Deli/café/coffee shop
18
Other church/welfare organisations
12
Emergency accommodation
7
Pub or restaurant
6
Which of the following have you done to obtain food?
Borrow food from friends or relatives
Often
8
Sometimes
40
Never
52
Borrow money for food from friends or relatives
Often
10
Sometimes
46
Never
44
Ask people on the street for food
Often
1
Sometimes
2
Never
97
Ask people on the street for money for food
Often
1
Sometimes
7
Never
92
Taken food from rubbish bins
Often
1
Sometimes
4
Never
95
Stolen money to buy food
Often
1
Sometimes
5
Never
94
Stolen food or drink
Often
2
Sometimes
24
Never
74
How much do you usually spend on food each week?
Nothing
1
<$20
11
$21–$50
34
$51–100
39
>$100
15
List three foods you would buy if you had an extra $20 a week to spend on food?
Meat
64
Vegetables
42
Fruit
32
Milk/dairy
18
Fish
14
How important is it that charitable food services provide the following?
