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Field Reports

Food Security Among Children of Immigrants in Five U.S. Cities

Laura Harker, Emerson Fellow
Published 2013

Food Security Among Children of Immigrants in Five U.S. Cities provides an analysis of factors that may contribute to the higher rates of food insecurity among young children with at least one foreign-born parent, as compared to young children with U.S. born parents. The report includes city profiles for Baltimore, Boston, Little Rock, Minneapolis, and Philadelphia and discusses immigrants’ high household employment, diverse educational backgrounds, potential language barriers, low-wage jobs, and food access.

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Laura Harker

Emerson Fellow