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Table 6 Prevalence of food insecurity (FI) before and during COVID-19 according to the type of cooperative

From: Food insecurity, coping strategies, and resilience of agricultural cooperative members during COVID-19 in West Africa

Countries

Period

Prevalence of Moderate or Severe FI, FImod+sev (%)

Prevalence of Severe FI, FIsev (%)

Total

Active cooperative

Poorly/not active cooperative

Percentage point difference (Poorly/not active vs active cooperative

Total

Active cooperative

Poorly/not active cooperative

Percentage point difference (Poorly/not active vs active cooperative

Ivory Coast

(n = 318)

Before

11.34

10.47

13.73

3.26

3.59

2.97

4.81

1.84

During

42

21.35

73.3

51.95

16.31

6.74

28.76

22.02

Percentage point difference (during vs before)

30.66

10.88

59.57

48.69

12.72

3.77

23.95

20.18

Ghana

(n = 329)

Before

11.92

14.24

8.95

(5.29)

7.57

9.29

5.06

(4.23)

During

67.68

69.01

69.77

0.76

42.03

42.35

41.55

(0.80)

Percentage point difference (during vs before)

55.76

54.77

60.82

6.05

34.46

33.06

36.49

3.43

Mali

(n = 468)

Before

25.58

33.17

17.79

(15.38)

2.28

3.29

1.64

(1.65)

During

28.53

33.74

22.39

(11.35)

2.34

2.55

0.98

(1.57)

Percentage point difference (during vs before)

2.95

0.57

4.6

4.03

0.06

(0.74)

(0.66)

0.08

Senegal

(n = 155)

Before

46.17

54.6

45.5

(9.10)

11.5

32

14.6

(17.40)

During

94.51

71.3

74.9

3.60

10.96

29.4

27.3

(2.10)

Percentage point difference (during vs before)

48.34

16.7

29.4

12.70

(0.54)

(2.6)

12.7

15.30

  1. Percentages are calculated using the sample of respondents by type of cooperative in each country