Table 2 Per cent of households experiencing food insecurity conditions 30 days preceding the survey (n = 238)
From: Food insecurity in pastoral communities of Ngorongoro conservation area, Tanzania
HFIAS conditions (FICI–FIC9) | Occurrence | Frequency of occurrence | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Obs | % | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | |
Worry about food (FIC1) | 184 | 77.3 | 16.8 | 62.7 | 20.5 |
Unable to eat preferred foods (FIC2) | 234 | 98.3 | 1.7 | 49.1 | 49.1 |
Eat a few varieties of foods (FIC3) | 237 | 99.6 | 2.5 | 40.1 | 57.4 |
Eat food they did not want to eat (FIC4) | 172 | 72.2 | 68.3 | 25.0 | 6.7 |
Eat smaller meal (FIC5) | 214 | 89.9 | 16.7 | 74.4 | 8.8 |
Eat fewer meals in a day (FIC6) | 207 | 87.0 | 22.1 | 65.9 | 12.0 |
No food of any kind in the household (FIC7) | 124 | 52.1 | 82.4 | 16.0 | 1.6 |
Go to sleep hungry (FIC8) | 93 | 39.1 | 92.8 | 7.2 | 0.0 |
Go day and night without eating (FIC9) | 27 | 11.3 | 94.1 | 5.9 | 0.0 |