Table 10.

Correlation matrix of the eight Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) questions pre- and during the COVID-19 pandemic

FIES Qs.†	(V.1)	(V.2)	(V.3)	(V.4)	(V.5)	(V.6)	(V.7)	(V.8)	(V.9)	(V.10)	(V.11)	(V.12)	(V.13)	(V.14)	(V.15)	(V.16)
(V.1)	1
(V.2)	0.401	1
(V.3)	0.389	0.486	1
(V.4)	0.276	0.341	0.493	1
(V.5)	0.285	0.321	0.427	0.473	1
(V.6)	0.305	0.31	0.422	0.477	0.532	1
(V.7)	0.29	0.34	0.374	0.461	0.585	0.543	1
(V.8)	0.171	0.236	0.27	0.358	0.361	0.399	0.47	1
(V.9)	0.054	0.007	0.033	0.074	0.065	0.028	0.057	0.006	1
(V.10)	0.036	-0.023	0.02	0.012	0.036	0.018	0.057	0.054	0.436	1
(V.11)	0.039	0.029	0.066	0.053	0.074	0.04	0.091	0.051	0.422	0.473	1
(V.12)	0.066	0.082	0.112	0.127	0.117	0.079	0.122	0.039	0.437	0.404	0.554	1
(V13)	0.047	0.006	0.067	0.086	0.133	0.079	0.088	0.024	0.446	0.387	0.466	0.556	1
(V.14)	0.052	0.081	0.127	0.14	0.151	0.202	0.164	0.126	0.308	0.307	0.355	0.483	0.465	1
(V.15)	0.087	0.062	0.153	0.158	0.168	0.154	0.229	0.078	0.307	0.333	0.384	0.55	0.52	0.52	1
(V.16)	0.085	0.078	0.147	0.094	0.116	0.149	0.151	0.221	0.154	0.235	0.212	0.291	0.26	0.419	0.428	1

^† FIES Qs. = Food insecurity experience scale questions. (V.1)-(V.8) FIES questions pre-pandemic. (V.9)-(V.16)FIES questions amid the pandemic. (V.1) = ‘Worried’; (V.2) ‘Healthy’. (V.3) = ‘Ate few’. (V.4) = ‘Skipped’. (V.5) = ‘Ate less’. (V.6) = ‘Run out’. (V.7) = ‘Hungry’. (V.8) = ‘Whole Day’. Variables (V.9)—(V.16) denote the same FIES questions as in (V.1) (V.8), but responses for the amid COVID-19 period