Table 3.

Selected summary statistics, by round of measurement

	Round
	Feb/March 2008	July/Aug 2008	Nov/Dec 2008	p-value
Estimated per capita household income, USD/Month	11.31 ± 12.49	11.38 ± 10.63	12.49 ± 10.14	0.3
Household composition, people	–	4.6 ± 2.1	4.5 ± 2.0	0.6
Food-secure	17.3	22.6	21.5	0.4
Food-insecure – mild	21.8	26.4	30.8	0.1
Food-insecure – moderate	39.1	34.0	29.9	0.1
Food-insecure – severe	21.8	17.0	17.8	0.3
Engaged in one or more economic
Coping measures in past 3 months, %	24.6	18.9	22.4	0.7
Started new income-generating activity, %	18.2	8.5	16.8	0.8
Sold household goods, %	6.4	8.5	7.5	0.7
Kept students home to help prepare food, %	0.9	5.7	2.8	0.3
In charge of household food economy, %	77.6	–	–	–
Receiving wheat as food support, %	38.2	18.9	8.4	<0.0001
Member of ïqub, %	10.0	8.5	10.4	0.9
SRQF score	6.9 ± 5.9	6.2 ± 5.9	5.0 ± 5.5	0.004
Number of care recipients	11.7 ± 5.1	13.2 ± 6.2	14.0 ± 7.8	–
At least one bedridden care recipient, %	19.7	28.6	20.4	–
Hours per week	13.4 ± 6.0	16.1 ± 8.1	16.2 ± 9.8	–