Table 2 The FIES questionnaire asks for the respondent's experience in the past 12Â months.
From: Food insecurity among female farmers in rural West Sleman, Indonesia
Symbol | Scale item | FI severity assumptions |
|---|---|---|
WORRIED | Felt anxiety about having enough food at any time during the previous 12Â months | Mild |
HEALTHY | Not able to eat healthy and nutritious food because of a lack of money or other resources to get food | Mild |
FEWFOOD | Consumed a diet based on only a few kinds of foods because of a lack of money or other resources to get food | Mild |
SKIPPED | Did not eat breakfast, lunch, or dinner (or skipped a meal) because there was not enough money or other resources to get food | Moderate |
ATELESS | Ate less than you though they should because of a lack of money or other resources to get food | Moderate |
RUNOUT | Household ran out of food because of a lack of money or other resources to get food | Moderate |
HUNGRY | Felt hungry but did not eat because there was not enough money or other resources for food | Severe |
WHLDAY | Went without eating for a whole day because of a lack of money or other resources | Severe |