In the United States, where 14% of all households were identified as "food insecure", the highest rate of food insecurity (34%) was found in female-headed households, 23% of male-headed households were food insecure (Coleman-Jensen et al. There is some evidence that LGBT people in the United States, especially those raising children, experience disproportionate levels of food insecurity (defined as not having enough money to feed themselves or their families at some point in the previous year) (Table 2.1.2). In Rwanda, where many orphaned children were left to fend for themselves and their siblings following the conflict in the 1990s, food insecurity among youth-headed households was very high.