Table 3 Distribution of household dietary diversity and household food security scores of participants across the variables relating impact of COVID-19 (N = 343)
Variables | N (%) | HDD score | HFS score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | SD | p | M | SD | p | ||
Effect of COVID-19 on occupation of HH/earning person of family | |||||||
Same as before | 249 (72.6) | 4.23 | 1.19 | 0.000 | 27.19 | 4.93 | 0.000 |
Lost work | 18 (5.2) | 3.56 | 0.89 | 21.33 | 3.46 | ||
Occupation switched | 76 (22.2) | 3.71 | 0.92 | 26.84 | 3.93 | ||
Effect of COVID-19 on income of HH/earning person of family | |||||||
Same as before | 22 (6.4) | 5.00 | 1.16 | 0.000 | 29.64 | 3.13 | 0.004 |
Less than before | 321 (93.6) | 4.02 | 1.12 | 26.61 | 4.86 | ||
More than before | 0 (0.0) | - | - | - | - | ||
Increase of food prices during the COVID-19 pandemic | |||||||
Yes | 335 (97.7) | 4.06 | 1.15 | 0.094 | 26.74 | 4.85 | 0.110 |
No | 0 (0.0) | - | - | - | - | ||
Don’t know | 8 (2.3) | 4.75 | 0.89 | 29.50 | 2.20 | ||
Get same amount of food as before COVID-19 | |||||||
Yes | 82 (23.9) | 4.95 | 1.09 | 0.000 | 30.27 | 3.65 | 0.000 |
No | 261 (76.1) | 3.80 | 1.02 | 25.72 | 4.64 | ||
Get same type of food as before COVID-19 | |||||||
Yes | 18 (5.2) | 5.00 | 1.19 | 0.000 | 31.56 | 3.60 | 0.000 |
No | 325 (94.8) | 4.03 | 1.12 | 26.54 | 4.75 | ||