This is a pretty dishonest headlinehttps://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2018/04/03/599197919/hunger-and-homelessness-are-widespread-among-college-students-study-finds …
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Putting aside the dubious reliability of self-report surveys with "agree/disagree" response mechanisms, take a look at what is regarded as food insecurity. Only the last two could really be called "hunger" in the sense implied by the headline.pic.twitter.com/YOrvRcwm3A
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The study at least is honest enough to distinguish between "housing insecurity" and "homelessness," but the article headline makes no distinction.pic.twitter.com/ifa0lykTW3
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To top it all off, the article (and from what I've read of it, the study too) gives no indication of the OVERALL prevalence of hunger and homelessness--are college populations more afflicted than the general population, or are they better off?
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The ever shifting goalposts of “insecurity”
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