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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Jan 8.
Published in final edited form as: Am J Nephrol. 2014 Jan 8;39(1):27–35. doi: 10.1159/000357595
Item Label (HH=Household) Full Question
HH Worried run out of food “…please tell me whether the statement was often true, sometimes true, or never true for {you/your household} in the last 12 months-- {I/we} worried whether {my/our} food would run out before {I/we} got money to buy more.”
HH Food didn’t last “…please tell me whether the statement was often true, sometimes true, or never true for {you/your household} in the last 12 months-- The food that {I/we} bought just didn’t last, and {I/we} didn’t have money to get more.”
HH Couldn’t afford balanced meals “…please tell me whether the statement was often true, sometimes true, or never true for {you/your household} in the last 12 months-- {I/we} couldn’t afford to eat balanced meals.”
HH Adults cut size or skip meals “In the last 12 months, since last, did {you/you or other adults in your household} ever cut the size of your meals or skip meals because there wasn’t enough money for food?”
HH How often adults cut size/skip meals “How often did this happen?”
HH Eat less than should “In the last 12 months, did you ever eat less than you felt you should because there wasn’t enough money to buy food?”
HH Hungry, but didn’t eat “[In the last 12 months], were you ever hungry but didn’t eat because you couldn’t afford enough food?”
HH Lost weight, no money for food “[In the last 12 months], did you lose weight because you didn’t have enough money for food?”
HH Adults not eat whole day “In the last 12 months], did {you/you or other adults in your household} ever not eat for a whole day because there wasn’t enough money for food?”
HH How often adults not eat for day “How often did this happen? Would you say . . .”