The March 2026 monthly data and the January 2026 data that were recently re-released by the Census Bureau are now available via IPUMS CPS. October 2025 data were not collected during the U.S. federal government shutdown.
FSOTHPGM
Received food or vouchers for food through other program in past month
- Codes
- Description
- Comparability
- Universe
- Availability
- Flags
- Questionnaire Text
- UnHarmonized Variables
Codes
This variable is not available for any of the currently selected samples.
Description
FSOTHPGM indicates whether the household received food or vouchers for food from a program that had not been previously asked about in the survey in the past 30 days. This question is asked of households with incomes below 185% of poverty and is available only in 1995-1997.
This variable is part of the Food Security Supplement.
Universe
- Households below 185% poverty.
Availability
| Years | Jan | Feb | ASEC | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1996 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | X | - | - | - |
| 1997 | - | - | - | X | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
