Table 1.
Household Food Insecurity Access Prevalence and sociodemographic characteristics of respondents
| All (n=212) | Food secure (n=24) | Mild-to-moderate food insecure (n=128) | Severely food insecure (n=60) | P value | ||
| n (%) | ||||||
| Household head’s sex | Male | 158 (74.5) | 17 (70.8) | 93 (72.7) | 48 (80) | 0.508 |
| Occupation of household head | Not currently working | 20 (9.4) | 3 (12.5) | 14 (10.9) | 3 (5) | 0.085 |
| Fishing/agricultural worker | 6 (2.8) | 0 (0) | 6 (4.7) | 0 (0) | ||
| Day labourer | 51 (24.1) | 3 (12.5) | 26 (20.3) | 22 (36.7) | ||
| Businessman | 56 (26.4) | 8 (33.3) | 32 (25) | 16 (26.7) | ||
| Professional wage earner | 22 (10.4) | 1 (4.2) | 13 (10.2) | 8 (13.3) | ||
| Others | 57 (26.9) | 9 (37.5) | 37 (28.9) | 11 (18.3) | ||
| Mother/housewife earns | Yes | 19 (9) | 0 (0) | 14 (10.9) | 5 (8.3) | 0.251 |
| Households owns chicken or ducks | Yes | 53 (25) | 10 (41.7) | 35 (27.3) | 8 (13.3) | 0.016 |
| Any member of the household have a bank account | Yes | 84 (39.6) | 17 (70.8) | 54 (42.2) | 13 (21.7) | <0.001 |
| Any member of the household own any agricultural land | Yes | 25 (11.8) | 5 (20.8) | 18 (14.1) | 2 (3.3) | 0.018 |
| Asset Index | First quintile (poorest) | 51 (24.1) | 0 (0) | 32 (25) | 19 (31.7) | <0.001 |
| Second quintile (poorer) | 37 (17.5) | 2 (8.3) | 18 (14.1) | 17 (28.3) | ||
| Third quintile (middle) | 41 (19.3) | 2 (8.3) | 29 (22.7) | 10 (16.7) | ||
| Fourth quintile (richer) | 41 (19.3) | 7 (29.2) | 25 (19.5) | 9 (15) | ||
| Fifth quintile (richest) | 42 (19.8) | 13 (54.2) | 24 (18.8) | 5 (8.3) | ||
| Mean (SD) | ||||||
| Years of education of household head | 5.41 (4.19) | 8.08 (4.41) | 5.01 (4.13) | 5.18 (3.92) | <0.01 | |
| People per room | 2.67 (1.25) | 1.93 (0.83) | 2.52 (1.18) | 3.29 (1.28) | <0.001 | |
| Respondent’s age (in years) | 26.1 (5.06) | 24.6 (5.41) | 25.8 (4.91) | 27.3 (5.06) | 0.05 | |
| Respondent’s age at first marriage (in years) | 17.4 (2.76) | 17.4 (2.76) | 17.5 (2.73) | 17.3 (2.87) | 0.95 | |
| Years of education of the respondent (in years) | 6.86 (3.88) | 9.67 (2.96) | 6.87 (3.69) | 5.72 (4.08) | <0.001 | |
| Monthly family income (in US$) | 252 (351) | 550 (921) | 228 (154) | 185 (129) | <0.001 | |