Table 1.
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