Table 4 Distribution of responses to HFIAS questions at West Abaya district, 2015 (N = 779)
From: Household food insecurity and associated factors in West Abaya district, Southern Ethiopia, 2015
HFIAS questions/indicators/ | Occurrence | Frequency of occurrence (yes) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | |
N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |
Worried households | 482 (61.9) | 297 (38.1) | 87 (11.2) | 106 (13.6) | 104 (13.4) |
Were you or any household member not able to eat the kinds of foods you preferred due to lack? | 482 (61.9) | 297 (38.1) | 101 (13) | 99 (12.7) | 97 (12.5) |
Did you or any household member eat just a few kinds of food for a day due to a lack? | 495 (63.5) | 284 (36.5) | 94 (12.1) | 99 (12.7) | 91 (11.7) |
Did you or any household member eat food that you preferred not to eat due to lack? | 534 (68.5) | 245 (31.5) | 81 (10.4) | 92 (11.8) | 72 (9.2) |
Did you or any household member eat a smaller meal than you felt you needed due to lack? | 518 (66.5) | 261 (33.5) | 85 (10.9) | 100 (12.8) | 76 (9.8) |
Did you/any other household member eat fewer meals in a day because there was not enough food? | 533 (68.4) | 246 (31.6) | 82 (10.5) | 84 (10.8) | 80 (10.3) |
Was there ever no food at all in your household because there was no resource to get more? | 597 (76.6) | 182 (23.4) | 68 (8.7) | 62 (8) | 52 (6.7) |
Did you or any household member go to sleep at night hungry because there was not enough food? | 624 (80.1) | 155 (19.9) | 65 (8.3) | 52 (6.7) | 38 (4.9) |
Did you/any household member go a day without eating anything because there was not enough food? | 681 (87.4) | 98 (12.6) | 39 (5) | 25 (3.2) | 34 (4.4) |