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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Nov 1.
Published in final edited form as: Soc Sci Med. 2013 Aug 13;96:183–191. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.07.024

Table 2.

Evidence of Food Scarcity and Maternal/Child Diet Inequalities in Sample Households (n=51).

Variable Mean/% SD Min Max
Household Food Scarcity
 Perceived food insecurity moderate (6–9 affirmative) 4% 0 1
 Perceived food insecurity severe (10–15 affirmative) 96% 0 1
 Household % energy adequacy 74.7 25.2 22.8 150.9
 Household % protein adequacy 153.6 60.2 36.7 349.4
Individual dietary adequacy
 Mothers’ % energy adequacy 62.5 20.3 25.4 140.5
 Mothers’ % protein adequacy 94.2 39.3 31.3 235.6
 Children’s % energy adequacy 77.2 24.3 23.8 135.6
 Children’s % protein adequacy 182.9 60.1 44.4 300.6
Maternal/child dietary inequalities
 Energy:
  Child – Mother % energy adequacy 14.6 26.7 −79.0 61.9
  Child exceeds mother’s adequacy 75% 0 1
 Protein:
  Child – Mother % protein adequacy 87.9 63.4 −83.3 215.9
  Child exceeds mother’s adequacy 90% 0 1