Table 3.
Types of foods stocked up, change in food availability, and food price increase during the COVID-19 pandemic (n = 1297).
| Type of food stocked up |
Notice of less available food |
Notice of any food price increase |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Responses |
Percent of Cases | Responses |
Percent of Cases | Responses |
Percent of Cases | ||||
| N | Percent | N | Percent | N | Percent | ||||
| Cereals and their products (bread, rice, pasta, flour, etc.) | 535 | 18.8 | 41.2 | 351 | 17.7 | 27.1 | 660 | 14.1 | 50.9 |
| Roots and tubers (potatoes, etc.) | 177 | 6.2 | 13.6 | 63 | 3.2 | 4.9 | 314 | 6.7 | 24.2 |
| Legumes (e.g. peas, chickpeas) | 61 | 2.1 | 4.7 | 46 | 2.3 | 3.5 | 230 | 4.9 | 17.7 |
| Sugar | 281 | 9.9 | 21.7 | 130 | 6.6 | 10.0 | 475 | 10.2 | 36.6 |
| Oil | 240 | 8.4 | 18.5 | 70 | 3.5 | 5.4 | 389 | 8.3 | 30.0 |
| Fruits and vegetables | 124 | 4.3 | 9.6 | 164 | 8.3 | 12.6 | 583 | 12.5 | 44.9 |
| Meat and meat products | 257 | 9.0 | 19.8 | 128 | 6.5 | 9.9 | 498 | 10.6 | 38.4 |
| Fish and seafood | 113 | 4.0 | 8.7 | 86 | 4.3 | 6.6 | 417 | 8.9 | 32.2 |
| Milk and dairy products | 101 | 3.5 | 7.8 | 80 | 4.0 | 6.2 | 417 | 8.9 | 32.2 |
| Canned food | 268 | 9.4 | 20.7 | 79 | 4.0 | 6.1 | 327 | 7.0 | 25.2 |
| None | 694 | 24.3 | 53.5 | 786 | 39.6 | 60.6 | 369 | 7.9 | 28.5 |
| Total | 2851 | 100.0 | 219.8 | 1983 | 100.0 | 152.9 | 4679 | 100.0 | 360.8 |