Food Insecurity within households

Summary of Food Inscurity

These charts diagrams show the month-to-month change of various FIES indicators within households. So it shows the percentage of household that remained at the level for different food insecurity indicators and ones that improved or worsened.

Worried about not having enough food

Unable to eat healthy and nutritious food

Ate only a few kinds of foods

Had to skip a meal

Ate less than you thought you should

Ran out of food

Felt hungry but did not eat

Went without eating for a whole day

Variables used on this page

Variables Used in Food Insecurity and Inflation Analysis

Food Insecurity Measures (FIES)

• totfoodinsec: Total food insecurity score Individual FIES indicators:

• worried: Worried about not having enough food

• unhealthy: Unable to eat healthy/nutritious foods

• low_diversity: Limited variety in diet

• skip_meal: Skipped meals

• eat_less: Ate less than should have

• ran_out: Ran out of food

• went_hungry: Went hungry

• whole_day: Went whole day without eating

Price and Inflation Variables

• CPI: Regional inflation measure
• pdef3: Spatial deflator/local cost of living index
• loc_cost_quint: Location cost quintiles (1-5)

Socioeconomic Variables

• ln_pc_def_inc: Log of per capita deflated income
• quint: Income quintile (1=Poorest to 5=Richest)
• hhag: Agricultural household indicator
• popw: Population weight for representative statistics