Table 3.

Classification of households according to food security status and household food insecurity levels in the Gaza strip

Characteristics	Frequency (n=1167)	Percentage (%)
Overall food security status
1. Households food secure	333	28.5
2. Households food insecure	834	71.5
Levels of households food insecurity
1. Households food secure	333	28.5
2. Households food insecure (mild food insecurity)	422	36.2
3. Individual food insecure (moderate food insecurity)	161	13.8
4. Child hunger (severe food insecurity)	251	21.5

Data are expressed as percentages for different categorical variables. The household's food insecurity levels were based on the Radimer/Cornell food security scale (13).