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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Nov 23.
Published in final edited form as: Int J Educ Dev. 2014 Jan 1;34:90–97. doi: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2012.07.003

Table 1.

Food Insecurity Reported by Mothers of Target Children, 2000 and 2004

Mean SD N
Food Insecure, 2000 0.26 0.44 1,999
Food Insecure, 2004 0.07 0.26 1,866
Food Insecurity Severity Index, 2004 0.00 0.70 1,866
Among food Insecure in 2004, Proportion Reporting “Yes” for the Past Year:
    You or your family ever went hungry because you did not have enough food or enough money to buy food? 0.36 0.48 137
    You or your family ever had to depend on relatives or friends to give you some food? 0.41 0.49 137
    You or your family ever had to borrow money from relatives or friends to buy food? 0.49 0.50 137
    Ever had to purposely cut the amount of food for children (under 16) because there was not enough food, or no money to buy enough food? 0.23 0.42 137
    You or anyone in your family who is older than 16 ever had to go hungry for a whole day because there was no food? 0.09 0.28 137
    Children (under 16) ever had to go hungry for a whole day because there was no food? 0.06 0.24 137

Source: Gansu Survey of Children and Families, 2000 and 2004