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. 2023 Sep;35(3):141–150. doi: 10.4314/mmj.v35i3.2

Table 5.

Percentage of patients who reported each challenge related to food security (n=41)

Rely on less preferred and less expensive foods? Borrow food, or rely on help from a friend of relative? Purchase food on credit? Gather wild food, hunt, or harvest immature crops? Consume seed stock held for next season? Send household members to eat elsewhere? Send household members to beg? Limit portion size at mealtimes? Restrict consumption by adults in order for small children to eat? Feed working members of the household at the expense of non-working members? Reduce number of meals eaten in a day? Skip entire days without eating?
74% 70% 65% 48% 26% 35% 17% 74% 48% 27% 74% 35%