The CSFII has been conducted three times: 1985-86 (2 years); 1989-91 (3 years); and 1994-96 (3 years). The survey design is a multistage, stratified area probability sample. The 1994-96 CSFII is popularly known as "What We Eat in America." The survey has targeted different populations in different years. The earlier survey included two separate samples: households at all incomes and households with incomes at or below 130 percent of the poverty thresholds. Detailed data are reported on the kinds and amounts of foods eaten at home and away, and estimates of food-based nutrients ingested by individuals are derived from data developed by the Nutrient Data Laboratory, Agricultural Research Service (ARS). Funding supports a 50 percent increase in the low-income sample of the 1999-2002 CSFII. The sample of low-income household respondents is raised from 4,140 to 6,120. The enhanced low-income sample will provide timely information on low-income diets and diets of other population groups of concern and indicate changes in diets from previous surveys. The Economic Research Service contributed $1,250,000 in fiscal 1998 in support of this project.