Table 4.

Spearman’s correlation matrix of food security indicators for forest communities of southern and eastern Cameroon in May 2012

Household food security indicator	HDDS	FFCS	FVS	HFIAS score
HDDS†	1	0·006*	0·560**	−0·029*
FFCS‡		1	0·091*	−0·169**
FVS			1	−0·005
HFIAS score				1

HDDS, household dietary diversity score; FFCS, forest food consumption score; FVS, food variety score; HFIAS, Household Food Insecurity Access Scale.

^*Correlation is significant at the 5 % level.

^**Correlation is significant at the 1 % level.

^†The maximum score includes thirteen food groups.

^‡Only forest food species were included in the count group.