FoodAPS National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey
Abstract
USDA's National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS) is the first nationally representative survey of U.S. households to collect unique and comprehensive data about household food purchases and acquisitions. Detailed information was collected about foods purchased or otherwise acquired for consumption at home and away from home, including foods acquired through food and nutrition assistance programs. The survey includes nationally representative data from 4,826 households, including Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) households, low-income households not participating in SNAP, and higher income households. The public-use files include: the household-level and individual-level interview files, the food-at-home (FAH) and food-away-from-home (FAFH) event files, the FAH and FAFH item files, data from the Meals and Snacks form, household access to FAFH outlets, and SNAP-authorized FAH retailers. All codebooks and a User's Guide, providing an overview of the survey and data sets as well as general notes about using the data, are also available. This dataset also includes reports, questionnaires and charts associated with this dataset, as well as screenshots of the USDA website for this dataset as it appeared on 2026-1-29.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
Nutrition
Health and Food Behavior
Economics of Agriculture and Food Markets
Publication details
- Journal / source
- ICPSR Data Holdings
- Publication date
- 29 January 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Dataset