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. 2024 Sep;42:100788. doi: 10.1016/j.gfs.2024.100788

Table 1.

Descriptive characteristics of the included articles and matrix of family food environment identified in the included articles (N = 138).

Study Study location Qualitative data type Resources
 Characteristics
 Action orientation
 Health Context
Social capital Resource allocation Household wealth Time use Composition
 Household health status
 Household Size Support Value negotiations
 Impact on livelihoods
Livelihoods		 Healthcare Community Support Acceptance Nutrition awareness
Generations Gender Aging Co-morbidities Chronic Diseases Competing basic needs Family desirability
Aga et al., 2009a Ethiopia SSIs, observations ✓ ✓ ✓
Aga et al., 2009b Ethiopia SSIs, observations ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Aga et al., 2014 Ethiopia IDIs, observations ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Agbonyitor, 2009 Nigeria IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Alemu et al., 2013 Ethiopia IDIs, FGDs ✓
Alomepe et al., 2016 Cameroon IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Amurwon et al., 2017 Uganda IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Andersen, 2012 Kenya IDIs, FGDs, observations, drama, diaries ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Aransiola et al., 2014 Nigeria IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Araujo et al., 2018 Brazil SSIs ✓ ✓
Asgary et al., 2013, Asgary et al., 2013 Ethiopia Interviews, FGDs ✓ ✓
Atukunda et al., 2017 Uganda IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Atuyambe et al., 2014 Uganda SSIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Axelsson et al., 2015 Lesotho IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Ayieko et al., 2018 Kenya, Uganda IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Balaile et al., 2007 Tanzania IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓
Balcha et al., 2011 Ethiopia SSIs, FGDs ✓ ✓
Baylies, 2002 Zambia Interviews ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Beckett et al., 2016 Haiti FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Bezabhe et al., 2014 Ethiopia SSIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Bindura-Mutangadura, 2001 Zimbabwe IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Braathen et al., 2016 Malawi IDIs, observations (home, clinic), case study ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Burgess and Campbell, 2014 South Africa IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Byron et al., 2008 Kenya IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Campbell et al., 2011 Zimbabwe SSIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Chazan, 2014 South Africa IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Conroy et al., 2018 Malawi IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Crane et al., 2006 Uganda IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Czaicki et al., 2017 Tanzania IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
deGraft et al., 2002 Zimbabwe SSIs, observations ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Derose et al., 2017 Dominican Republic IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Dinh et al., 2018 Vietnam Interviews ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Dovel and Thomson, 2016 Uganda IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Du and Lekganyane, 2010 South Africa Group IDIs, observations ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Dworkin et al., 2013 Kenya IDIs ✓ ✓
Fielding-Miller et al., 2014 Swaziland IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Gebremariam et al., 2010 Ethiopia IDIs, FGDs ✓
Gombachika et al., 2014 Malawi IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Goudge and Ngoma, 2011 South Africa IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Gwatirisa and Manderson, 2009 Zimbabwe IDIs, FGDs, observations ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Hardon et al., 2007 Botswana, Tanzania, Uganda SSIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓
Hatcher et al., 2020 Kenya IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Herce et al., 2014 Malawi SSIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Holzemer et al., 2007 Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania FGDs ✓
Horn and Brysiewicz, 2014 South Africa Interviews ✓
Hussen et al., 2014 Ethiopia IDIs, observations, photovoice sessions, group discussion ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Iwelunmor et al., 2008 South Africa FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Jones et al., 2009 Zambia FGDs ✓
Jones, 2011 South Africa SSIs, interviews informal, observations ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Kaler et al., 2010 Uganda Interviews ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Kalofonos, 2010 Mozambique SSIs, observations ✓ ✓ ✓
Kang'ethe, 2009a Botswana Interviews, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Kang'ethe, 2009b Botswana IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓
Kebede and Haidar, 2014 Ethiopia FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Kellett and Gnauck, 2017 Uganda Interviews, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
King et al., 2018 South Africa SSIs, observations (clinic) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Kipp et al., 2007 Uganda IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Klunklin and Greenwood, 2005 Thailand Interviews, observations (home) ✓ ✓ ✓
Knight et al., 2016 South Africa SSIs, observations (home) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Kohli et al., 2012 India IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Kuteesa et al., 2012 Uganda IDIs, FGDs, observations (clinic) ✓ ✓ ✓
Laker and Ssekiboobo, 2003 Uganda FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Li et al., 2008 China IDIs ✓ ✓
Linda, 2013 South Africa IDIs, interviews informal, FGDs, observations (home) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Majumdar and Mazaleni, 2010 South Africa IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Makoae, 2011 Lesotho IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓
Mangesho, 2011 Tanzania Interviews formal and informal, group discussions, observations (meetings, clinic) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Martin et al., 2011 Latin America and Caribbean SSIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Maughan-Brown et al., 2019 South Africa FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓
Mendelsohn et al., 2014 Kenya, Malaysia IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Mill and Anarfi, 2002 Ghana IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Miller and Tsoka, 2012 Malawi SSIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Miller et al., 2011 Uganda IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Mkandawire et al., 2015 Malawi IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Mkandawire-Valhmu et al., 2013 Kenya, Malawi SSIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Mooney et al., 2017 South Africa IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Moore and Williamson, 2003 Togo Interviews ✓ ✓ ✓
Moyo et al., 2017 Zimbabwe IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Mshana et al., 2006 Tanzania IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Mukumbang et al., 2017 Zambia IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓
Musumari et al., 2013 Democratic Republic of Congo IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓
Nachega et al., 2006 South Africa IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Nagata et al., 2012 Kenya SSIs ✓ ✓ ✓
Naidu and Sliep, 2012 South Africa Interviews unstructured ✓ ✓ ✓
Nam et al., 2008 Botswana IDIs ✓
Nankwanga et al., 2009 Uganda IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Ngamvithayapong-Yanai et al., 2005 Thailand IDIs, observations (home) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Nkosi et al., 2006 Democratic Republic of Congo FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Nsimba et al., 2010 Tanzania SSIs, FGDs, observations ✓ ✓
Ogunmefun and Schatz, 2009 South Africa IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Okoror et al., 2013 Nigeria IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Olenja, 1999 Kenya Interviews, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Olsen et al., 2013a Ethiopia IDIs, observations ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Olsen et al., 2013b Ethiopia Interviews informal, FGDs, observations (home) ✓ ✓ ✓
Oluwagbemiga, 2007 Nigeria IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Orner, 2006 South Africa IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Palar et al., 2013 Bolivia SSIs ✓ ✓
Pallangyo and Mayers, 2009 Tanzania SSIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Parker et al., 2009 Uganda SSIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Paz-Soldán et al., 2013 Peru IDIs ✓ ✓
Raniga and Simpson, 2010 South Africa SSIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Rodas-Moya et al., 2016 Malawi IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Rodas-Moya et al., 2017 Thailand IDIs ✓
Rödlach, 2009 Zimbabwe SSIs, FGDs, observations (home) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Root, 2010 Swaziland SSIs ✓ ✓
Rowe et al., 2005 South Africa IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Russell et al., 2016 Uganda IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Salter et al., 2010 Vietnam IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓
Samuels and Rutenberg, 2011 Kenya, Zambia IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Sanjobo et al., 2008 Zambia IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓
Schatz, 2007 South Africa IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Schatz and Gilbert, 2012 South Africa SSIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Schatz et al., 2011 South Africa SSIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Schatz et al., 2019 Uganda IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Scott et al., 2014 Zimbabwe Interviews, FGDs, observations ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Seeley et al., 1993 Uganda Interviews informal, observations ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Selman et al., 2013 Kenya, Uganda IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Sileo et al., 2016 Uganda FGDs ✓
Sisya, 2010 Zambia IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Ssengonzi, 2007 Uganda IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Tanyi et al., 2018 Cameroon IDIs, FGDs ✓
Thomas, 2006 Namibia Diaries ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Tshililo and Davhana-Maselesele, 2009 South Africa IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓
Tuller et al., 2010 Uganda IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓
VanTyler and Sheilds, 2015 Kenya IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Wacharasin and Homchampa, 2008 Thailand IDIs, FGDs, obervations (home, clinic) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Ware et al., 2009 Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda IDIs, observations (clinic) ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Watt et al., 2009 Tanzania IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Webel et al., 2017 Botswana FGDs ✓ ✓
Weiser et al., 2010 Uganda SSIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Weiser et al., 2017 Kenya IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Williams and McGill, 2011 Mozambique IDIs, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Wright et al., 2012 Uganda SSIs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Xie et al., 2017 China IDIs ✓ ✓
Yager et al., 2011 Uganda IDIs ✓ ✓ ✓
Yakob and Ncama, 2016 Ethiopia IDIs, FGDs, case study ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Yizengaw et al., 2013 Ethiopia Interviews, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
Zembe et al., 2013 South Africa Interviews, FGDs ✓ ✓ ✓
IDIs = in-depth interviews; FGDs = focus group discussions; SSIs = semi-structured interviews