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. 2014 Aug 30;91(6):1098–1113. doi: 10.1007/s11524-014-9894-3

TABLE 1.

Food security situation by slum of residence

Characteristic Total Viwandani Korogocho p value
Food security
 Secure 14.9 23.9 7.7 <0.001
 Mild–moderately insecure 34.9 42.7 28.7
 Severely insecure 50.1 33.4 63.7
Number of mealsa
 0–1 meals 21.5 20.7 22.2 <0.001
 2 meals 37.4 31.7 42.0
 ≥3 meals 41.1 47.6 35.9
Food variety
 <4 food groups 34.6 31.2 37.2 <0.001
 ≥4 food groups 65.5 68.8 62.8

Values are column percentages for characteristics

aNumber of meals eaten by respondent the previous day