LGBTQ+ adults are hit harder by higher rates of food and economic insecurity, according to US Census Bureau data. For a historic first time, the Census Bureau issued Household Pulse Survey (HPS) asked applicants about sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
In a collection of three questions, the survey enabled researchers to the experiences of the LGBTQ+ population to adults past and present.
The collected data revealed over 13 per cent of LGBTQ+ adults lived in a household where there was “sometimes or often not” enough to eat in the past seven days.
In comparison, the study showed 7.2 per cent of non-LGBTQ+ adults faced a similar situation. Other key data spotlighted the difficulties LGBTQ+ adults had in paying household expenses,