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Table 2 Description of multidimensional household food insecurity and water insecurity variables

From: Implementation and maintenance of infant dietary diversity in Zimbabwe: contribution of food and water insecurity

Insecurity

Dimension

Variables used for standardized scoring

MHFI

Poor food access

Preferred food (yes/ no)

Sufficient food (yes/ no)

Help to get food (yes/no)

Food on credit (yes, no)

Household shocks

Agriculture (yes/ no)

Economic losses (yes/no)

Death or injury (yes/no)

Low food availability & quality

Stock of staple food (8 ordinal categories of time)

Having a home garden (yes/no)

Diet diversity of household (yes/ no)

MHWI

Poor water access

Distance (> 1000 m) and time (> 15 min) to drinking water and to non-drinking water

Poor water quality

Type of drinking source, non-drinking source (improved (piped, protected ground), unimproved ground (unprotected boreholes/ wells), surface)

Drinking water satisfaction (3-level)

Low water reliability

Unavailability of water for drinking and non-drinking purposes (ever/ never in the past year)

  1. MHFI Multidimensional Household Food Insecurity
  2. MHWI Multidimensional Household Water Insecurity