Table 1.

Prevalence of food insecurity, based on Household Food Insecurity Access Scale, among households in an urban resettlement colony in South Delhi, India

Question	Rarely	Sometimes	Often
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
1. In the past four weeks, did you worry that your household would not have enough food?	57 (22.8)*	5 (2)†	0 (0)†
2. In the past four weeks, were you or any household members not able to eat the kinds of foods you/they preferred because of a lack of resources?	24 (9.6)†	4 (1.6)†	0(0)†
3. In the past four weeks, did you or any household members have to eat a limited variety of foods due to a lack of resources?	7 (2.8)†	1 (0.4)‡	0 (0)‡
4. In the past four weeks, did you or any household members have to eat some foods that you/they really did not want to eat because of a lack of resources to obtain other types of food?	83 (33.2)†	1 (0.4)‡	0 (0)‡
5. In the past four weeks, did you or any household members have to eat a smaller meal than you/they felt you/they needed because there was not enough food?	23 (8.9)‡	1 (0.4)‡	0 (0)¶
6. In the past four weeks, did you or any household members have to eat fewer meals in a day because there was not enough food?	19 (7.6)‡	2 (0.8)‡	0 (0)¶
7. In the past four weeks, was there ever no food of any kind to eat in your household because of lack of resources to get food?	16 (6.4)¶	5 (2)¶	0 (0)¶
8. In the past four weeks, did you or any household members go to sleep at night hungry because there was not enough food?	1 (0.4)¶	1 (0.4)¶	0 (0)¶
9. In the past four weeks, did you or any household members go a whole day and night without eating anything because there was not enough food?	0¶	0¶	0 (0)¶

*Food-secure;

†Mildly food-insecure;

‡Moderately food-insecure;

¶Severely food-insecure