Table 1.

The eight standard Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) questions

FIES Questions†		Labelled/coded as:
Q1	Was there a time that you worried you would not have enough food to eat because of a lack of money or other resources?	‘Worried’
Q2	Were you or a member of your household unable to eat healthy and nutritious food because of a lack of money or other resources?	‘Healthy’
Q3	Was there a time when you or others in your household ate only a few kinds of foods because of a lack of money or other resources?	‘Ate few’
Q4	Was there a time when you or others in your household had to skip a meal because of a lack of money or other resources?	‘Skipped’
Q5	Was there a time when you or others in your household eat less than you thought you should because of a lack of money or other resources?	‘Ate less’
Q6	Was there a time when your household ran out of food because of a lack of money or other resources?	‘Runout’
Q7	Was there a time when you or others in your household were hungry but did not eat because of a lack of money or other resources?	‘Hungry’
Q8	Was there a time when you or others in your household went without eating for a whole day because of a lack of money or other resources?	‘Whole day’

† Each of the eight questions was asked for two periods: (1) for the three-month period just BEFORE the emergence of COVID-19 in Nigeria, and (2) for the first three-month period SINCE COVID-19 cases were confirmed in Nigeria