2023-05-18 13:35:44
This is an unfortunately expected consequence of the high inflation affecting food. According to a report by the Research Center for the Study and Observation of Living Conditions (Crédoc), 16% of French people say they do not have enough to eat. A figure that has jumped 4 points in just five months.
According to this study published on Wednesday and unveiled by France Info, 39% of French people said they could eat all the products they want in November 2022, compared to 44% in July of the same year. Over the same period, the proportion of people claiming to have enough to eat but not necessarily the foods they would like remained almost stable, from 44 to 45%.
A quarter of the young people concerned
But it is above all the jump in the number of people who do not eat enough that challenges, going from 12 to 16% of the population in five months. In 2016, they were “only” 9% in this situation.
Unsurprisingly, it is the already most vulnerable people who suffer from insufficient nutrition. 24% of people under 40 do not have enough to eat, compared to 3% of people over 70. This food insecurity also concerns 18% of women against 14% of men.
Finally, 31% of people with low incomes are affected, compared to 4% of those with high incomes. The French of the middle class are between 11 and 13% to be in this situation.
Discount products are on the rise
The Crédoc affirms that inflation is the main factor in this sudden increase. “Until 2021, when inflation was contained at less than 2%, food insecurity has changed little,” he underlines.
Above all, this inflation is particularly important for discount brand products, plunging people with already limited budgets into food insecurity.
But the increase in prices on other household expenditure items also plays a role. “Food expenses can be modulated, unlike other pre-committed expenses (rent, subscriptions, school canteens, etc.). We can thus assume that the French have restricted themselves to the food item due to the increase in the cost of certain incompressible expenses, ”explains the Crédoc. Worrying data because inflation remains very strong several months after the completion of this study.
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