TABLE 2. Scores for descriptive statistics used to assess food insecurity, El Salvador, 2020.
|
Variable |
No. of respondents |
Mean score |
Standard deviation |
Score range |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Minimum |
Maximum |
||||
|
No. of people in household |
2358 |
4.60 |
1.96 |
1 |
16 |
|
Rural area |
2358 |
0.65 |
0.47 |
0 |
1 |
|
Educational level completed |
2358 |
2.43 |
1.36 |
0 |
5 |
|
Received government help |
2358 |
0.32 |
0.46 |
0 |
1 |
|
Use of native seeds |
2070 |
0.34 |
0.47 |
0 |
1 |
|
Use of hybrid seeds |
2070 |
0.73 |
0.44 |
0 |
1 |
|
Animals used for farm work |
2358 |
0.07 |
0.26 |
0 |
1 |
|
Agriculture problems |
2290 |
0.48 |
0.49 |
0 |
1 |
|
Household income |
2340 |
0.32 |
0.50 |
0 |
2 |
|
Food scarcity, measured by HFIES |
2358 |
0.57 |
0.89 |
0 |
3 |
|
HFIES1 |
2357 |
0.33 |
0.47 |
0 |
1 |
|
Caused by the COVID-19 pandemic? |
785 |
0.94 |
0.22 |
0 |
1 |
|
HFIES2 |
2357 |
0.16 |
0.37 |
0 |
1 |
|
Caused by the COVID-19 pandemic? |
394 |
0.96 |
0.17 |
0 |
1 |
|
HFIES3 |
2357 |
0.07 |
0.26 |
0 |
1 |
|
Caused by the COVID-19 pandemic? |
179 |
0.96 |
0.19 |
0 |
1 |
|
Food insecurity, measured by HHS |
2356 |
0.06 |
0.24 |
0 |
1 |
|
HH1 |
785 |
0.30 |
0.46 |
0 |
1 |
|
HH2 |
394 |
0.36 |
0.48 |
0 |
1 |
|
HH3 |
177 |
0.40 |
0.49 |
0 |
1 |
HFIES: Household Food Insecurity Experience Scale; HHS: Household Hunger Scale.
Source: Table prepared by the author with data from the study.