Table 3.
Change over time in food insecurity, order of household eating and dietary diversity
| Round 1 (late Winter/Spring) | Round 2 (late summer/fall) | Round 3 (late Winter/Spring) | Round 4 (late summer/fall) | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | No. | % | |
| Food security status | ||||||||||
| Food secure | 93 | 46.5 | 92 | 47.9 | 101 | 52.9 | 102 | 54.5 | 388 | 50.4 |
| Mildly food insecure | 36 | 18 | 11 | 5.7 | 7 | 3.7 | 3 | 1.6 | 57 | 7.4 |
| Moderately food insecure | 44 | 22 | 40 | 20.8 | 9 | 4.7 | 9 | 4.8 | 102 | 13.2 |
| Severely food insecure | 27 | 13.5 | 49 | 25.5 | 74 | 38.7 | 73 | 39 | 223 | 29 |
| Any food insecurity (binary) | 107 | 53.5 | 100 | 52.1 | 90 | 47.1 | 85 | 45.5 | 382 | 49.6 |
| How often respondent eats last | ||||||||||
| Never | 76 | 38 | 57 | 29.7 | 41 | 21.5 | 42 | 22.5 | 216 | 28.1 |
| Rarely | 17 | 8.5 | 21 | 10.9 | 37 | 19.4 | 42 | 22.5 | 117 | 15.2 |
| Sometimes | 12 | 6 | 18 | 9.4 | 11 | 5.8 | 14 | 7.5 | 55 | 7.1 |
| Usually | 45 | 22.5 | 26 | 13.5 | 35 | 18.3 | 22 | 11.8 | 128 | 16.6 |
| All of the time | 50 | 25 | 70 | 36.5 | 67 | 35.1 | 67 | 35.8 | 254 | 33 |
| Eats last always or most of the time | 95 | 47.5 | 96 | 50.0 | 102 | 53.4 | 89 | 47.6 | 382 | 49.6 |
| Dietary diversity | ||||||||||
| <5 food types a day | 177 | 88.5 | 164 | 85.4 | 165 | 86.4 | 151 | 80.8 | 657 | 85.3 |
| ≥5 food types a day | 23 | 11.5 | 28 | 14.5 | 26 | 13.6 | 36 | 19.3 | 113 | 14.7 |
| Total | 200 | 100 | 192 | 100 | 191 | 100 | 187 | 100 | 770 | 100 |