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. 2022 May 25;18(3):e13374. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13374

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