. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Mar 1.

Published in final edited form as: Scand J Public Health Suppl. 2007 Aug;69:165–174. doi: 10.1080/14034950701356385

Table I.

Food acquisition and household characteristics, Agincourt 2004.

	Proportion / mean
	All HHs	Non-mort^a	Mort^b
Food acquisition
Gather food from bush
Gather herbs	0.67	0.65	0.68
Gather fruit	0.27	0.27	0.27
Gather insects	0.20	0.18	0.21
Grow crops on own plot
Grow maize	0.21	0.24	0.19
Grow crops other than maize	0.58	0.56	0.61
Grow fruit	0.25	0.22	0.29
Grow vegetables	0.40	0.41	0.39
Grow other foods	0.13	0.08	0.17^*
Food security
Not had enough food to eat in last month	0.37	0.36	0.38
Not had enough food to eat in last year	0.41	0.40	0.43
Household characteristics
Household size	6.64	6.75	6.54
Composition
Sex ratio (male:female)	0.82	0.94	0.70^*
Young age structure	0.70	0.71	0.70
Older age structure	0.10	0.07	0.12
Socioeconomic status
Possessions index	3.21	3.11	3.30
Mortality variables
Adult mortality	0.53		1.00
Adult female mortality	0.24		0.41
Years since death			0.95

p<0.05.

: non-mortality households.

: mortality-affected households.