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. 2020 Jan 15;17(2):559. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17020559

Table 2.

Prevalence of food insecurity—proportion of the sample in each category of food security on the USDA Food Security Survey Module.

Household (Family Unit) Among Adults Among Children
Very low food security, n (%) 237 (59.3%) 248 (62.0%) 24 (11.1%)
Low food security, n (%) 94 (23.5%) 75 (18.8%) 102 (47.2%)
Marginal food security, n (%) 34 (8.5%) 36 (9.0%) 90 (41.7%) *
High food security, n (%) 35 (8.8%) 41 (10.3%)

* The Child Food Scale comprises three categories, with high and marginal food security considered one category.