Table A1.

Description of Household Food Insecurity Variable Derived from Household Food Security Survey Module.

Level of Household Food Insecurity	Description of Level	Number of Affirmative Responses
Food Secure	No financial constraints on the ability to fill household’s food need.	0 to adult or child food situation questions
Marginally Food Insecure	Worry about running out of food due to financial constraints.	1 food situation question
Moderately Food Insecure	Reductions in quality and/or quantity of food due to financial constraints.	2–5 adult food situation questions or 2–4 child food situation questions
Severely Food Insecurity	Reductions in food intake, missing meals and at its most extreme going a full day without food.	6+ adult food situation questions or 5+ child food situation questions

* adapted from [8].