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Table 3 Incidence of food insecurity conditions

From: Determinants of household food expenditure in Tanzania: implications on food security

Qn

Occurrence question (n = 9374)

No (%)

Yes (%)

1

Worried about not having enough food?

46.28

53.72

2

Not able to eat preferred foods?

44.16

55.84

3

Eat just a few kinds of foods?

42.34

57.66

4

Eat foods they really do not want eat?

45.21

54.79

5

Eat a smaller meal?

44.53

55.47

6

Eat fewer meals in a day?

52.8

47.2

7

No food of any kind in the household?

63.78

36.22

8

Go to sleep hungry?

74.41

25.59

9

Go a whole day and night without eating?

97.6

2.4