Table 2 Affirmative responses to items on the Household Food Insecurity Access in rural Wolaita area, Ethiopia (N = 473)
Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) questions | Data collection times | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
June 2017 (Round 1) pre | Sept. 2017 (Round 2) post | Dec. 2017 (Round 3) post | March 2018 (Round 4) pre | |
# (%) | # (%) | # (%) | # (%) | |
Q1. Worry for food | 356 (75.3) | 307 (64.9) | 286 (60.5) | 409 (86.5) |
Q2. Unable to eat preferred foods | 314 (66.4) | 280 (59.2) | 282 (59.6) | 367 (77.6) |
Q3. Eat a limited variety of foods | 303 (64.1) | 252 (53.3) | 262 (55.4) | 358 (75.7)a |
Q4. Eat foods that you did not want | 292 (61.7) | 233 (49.3) | 298 (63.0)a | 359 (75.9)a |
Q5. Eat a smaller meal | 279 (59.0) | 194 (41.0) | 179 (37.8)a | 352 (74.4) |
Q6. Eat fewer meals in a day | 230 (48.6) | 184 (38.9) | 215 (45.5)a | 292 (61.7) |
Q7. No food to eat of any kind | 97 (20.5) | 77 (16.3) | 119 (25.2) | 162 (34.2) |
Q8. Go to sleep at night hungry | 48 (10.1) | 41 (8.7) | 60 (12.7) | 101 (21.4) |
Q9. Go day and night without eating | 43 (9.1) | 28 (5.9) | 38 (8.0) | 84 (17.8) |
Overall prevalence of household food insecurity (95% CI) | 71.0 (66.9–75.1) | 61.1 s (56.7–65.5) | 78.9 (75.2–82.6) | 86.3 (83.1–-89.4) |