Table 2.
The responses status of Iranian households to Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) questionnaire in Tehran province during COVID-19 outbreak
| Level | Question | During COVID-19 outbreak | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Never | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | Mean | ||
| Anxiety and uncertainty | (Q1) Worry about food | 57·6 | 20·8 | 11·6 | 2·8 | 0·7 |
| Insufficient quality | (Q2) Unable to eat preferred foods | 49·0 | 26·6 | 15·0 | 9·2 | 0·9 |
| (Q3) Eat a limited variety of foods | 50·0 | 24·3 | 15·7 | 9·9 | 0·8 | |
| (Q4) Eat foods that you did not want to eat | 54·9 | 22·9 | 12·6 | 8·5 | 0·7 | |
| Insufficient food intake | (Q5) Eat a smaller meal | 57·2 | 22·9 | 11·9 | 8·8 | 0·6 |
| (Q6) Eat fewer meals in a day | 70·3 | 15·7 | 8·8 | 5·1 | 0·5 | |
| (Q7) No food to eat of any kind in the household | 81·2 | 9·2 | 4·4 | 5·0 | 0·3 | |
| (Q8) Go to sleep at night hungry | 81·6 | 8·1 | 5·1 | 5·0 | 0·3 | |
| (Q9) Go a whole day and night without eating | 82·0 | 8·5 | 3·7 | 5·7 | 0·2 | |