Table 2.

Households food insecurity measurements based on Radimer/Cornell food security scale (n =1167)

No.	Questions	Not true n (%)	Sometimes true n (%)	Always true n (%)	Mean±SD	Weighted mean (%)
	A. Household-level
1.	I worry that if the food or raw materials for cooking will run out before I could have more money to buy food.	427 (36.6)	552 (47.3)	188 (16.1)	2.20±0.69	73.3
2.	Food or raw materials for cooking that I bought for my family at home is always run out fast, and I do not have the money to repurchase food.	605 (51.8)	432 (37.0)	130 (11.2)	2.40±0.68	80.0
3.	I did not have enough food or raw materials for cooking or preparing a family meal (for the tomb of the morning, noon or night), and I did not have enough money to buy food.	633 (54.2)	413 (35.4)	121 (10.4)	2.43±0.67	81.0
4.	We eat the same thing for several days in a row because we only have a few different kinds of food on hand and do not have money to buy more.	517 (44.3)	505 (43.3)	145 (12.4)	2.31±0.68	77.0
	B. Individual-level (Adult)
5.	I am often hungry, but I do not eat because I do not have enough money to buy food.	743 (63.7)	345 (29.5)	79.0 (6.80)	2.56±0.61	85.3
6.	I only eat a little of what should I eat because I don't have enough money to buy food.	654 (56.0)	416 (35.6)	97.0 (8.40)	2.47±0.64	82.3
7.	I could not eat properly or eat to satiety because I did not have enough money to buy food.	681 (58.3)	385 (33.0)	101 (8.70)	2.49±0.65	83.0
	C. Individual-level (Child)
8.	I cannot provide a balanced meal to my children because I do not have enough money to provide food.	513 (44.0)	477 (40.9)	177 (15.1)	2.28±0.71	76.0
9.	My children do not eat enough or always lack food because I cannot buy enough food.	682 (58.4)	394 (33.8)	91 (7.80)	2.50±0.63	83.3
10.	Sometimes my children are hungry, but I cannot do anything because I cannot buy food over what I always purchase.	755 (64.7)	324 (27.8)	88 (7.50)	2.57±0.62	85.6

Data are expressed as percentages for categorical variables