Number and proportion (%) of households that reported experiencing income-related problems of access to food in the past 12 months
| In the past 12 months, of all 213 households | |
| Adult food security scale items | n (%) |
| Worried food would run out before the end of the month | 182 (85) |
| Ran out of food and had no money to buy more | 173 (81) |
| Could not afford balanced meals | 182 (85) |
| Adults cut the size or skipped meals (yes/no) | 91 (43) |
| Adults cut the size or skipped meals almost every month or some months (frequency) | 75 (82) |
| Ate less than felt should because there was not enough money to buy food | 104 (49) |
| Was hungry but could not afford food to eat | 87 (41) |
| Lost weight because no money to buy food | 73 (34) |
| Adults did not eat for a whole day because there was not enough money to buy food (yes/no) | 68 (32) |
| Adults did not eat for a whole day almost every month or some months (frequency) | 48 (53) |
| In the past 12 months, of 201 households with children under 18 years | |
| Child food security scale items | n (%) |
| Relied on a few low cost foods to feed children | 165 (82) |
| Could not afford to feed children a balanced meal | 166 (83) |
| Children were not eating enough because could not afford enough food | 137 (68) |
| Adults cut the size of any of the children’s meals because they could not afford to buy more food | 79 (39) |
| Children ever skipped meals because there was not enough money for food (yes/no) | 74 (37) |
| Children skipped meals almost every month or some months (frequency) | 68 (34) |
| Children were hungry but could not afford more food | 79 (39) |
| Children did not eat for a whole day because there was not enough money for food | 62 (31) |
| Adult food security scale items | |
| Worried food would run out before the end of the month | 182 (85) |
| Ran out of food and had no money to buy more | 173 (81) |
| Could not afford balanced meals | 182 (85) |
| Adults cut the size or skipped meals (yes/no) | 91 (43) |
| Adults cut the size or skipped meals almost every month or some months (frequency) | 75 (82) |
| Ate less than felt should because there was not enough money to buy food | 104 (49) |
| Was hungry but could not afford food to eat | 87 (41) |
| Lost weight because no money to buy food | 73 (34) |
| Adults did not eat for a whole day because there was not enough money to buy food (yes/no) | 68 (32) |
| Adults did not eat for a whole day almost every month or some months (frequency) | 48 (53) |
| Child food security scale items | |
| Relied on a few low cost foods to feed children | 165 (82) |
| Could not afford to feed children a balanced meal | 166 (83) |
| Children were not eating enough because could not afford enough food | 137 (68) |
| Adults cut the size of any of the children’s meals because they could not afford to buy more food | 79 (39) |
| Children ever skipped meals because there was not enough money for food (yes/no) | 74 (37) |
| Children skipped meals almost every month or some months (frequency) | 68 (34) |
| Children were hungry but could not afford more food | 79 (39) |
| Children did not eat for a whole day because there was not enough money for food | 62 (31) |
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