Table 3 Household food security and dietary diversity distribution of school age children in Merawi town, North West, Ethiopia, 2018 (n = 396)
Response | Frequency | Percent | |
|---|---|---|---|
Food security questions items | |||
In the past 4 weeks, did you worry that your household would not have enough food | Yes | 13 | 3.3 |
No | 383 | 96.7 | |
In the past 4 weeks, were you or any household member not able to eat the kinds of foods you preferred because of a lack of resources | Yes | 12 | 3.0 |
No | 384 | 97.0 | |
In the past 4 weeks, did you or any household member have to eat a limited variety of foods due to a lack of resources | Yes | 10 | 2.5 |
No | 386 | 97.5 | |
In the past 4 weeks, did you or any household member have to eat some foods that you really did not want to eat because of a lack of resources to obtain other types of food | Yes | 8 | 2.0 |
No | 388 | 98.0 | |
In the past 4 weeks, did you or any household member have to eat a smaller meal than you felt you needed because there was not enough food | Yes | 9 | 2.3 |
No | 387 | 97.7 | |
In the past 4 weeks, did you or any household member have to eat fewer meals in a day because there was not enough food | Yes | 8 | 2.0 |
No | 388 | 98.0 | |
In the past 4 weeks, was there ever no food to eat of any kind in your household because of lack of resources to get food | Yes | 5 | 1.3 |
No | 391 | 98.7 | |
In the past 4 weeks, did you or any household member go to sleep at night hungry because there was not enough food | Yes | 5 | 1.3 |
No | 391 | 98.7 | |
In the past 4 weeks, did you or any household member go a whole day and night without eating anything because there was not enough food | Yes | 7 | 1.8 |
No | 389 | 98.2 | |
Dietary Diversity questions items | |||
Any local foods, bread, rice noodles, biscuits, or any other foods made from millet, sorghum, maize, rice, wheat, or any other locally available grain | Yes | 346 | 87.4 |
No | 50 | 12.6 | |
Any potatoes, yams, manioc, cassava or any other foods made from roots or tubers | Yes | 258 | 65.2 |
No | 138 | 34.8 | |
Any vegetables | Yes | 138 | 34.8 |
No | 258 | 65.2 | |
Any fruits | Yes | 118 | 29.8 |
No | 278 | 70.2 | |
Any beef, pork, lamb, goat, rabbit wild game, chicken, duck, or other birds, liver, kidney, heart, or other organ meats | Yes | 183 | 46.2 |
No | 213 | 53.8 | |
Any eggs | Yes | 144 | 36.4 |
No | 252 | 63.6 | |
Any fresh or dried fish or shellfish | Yes | 33 | 8.3 |
No | 363 | 91.7 | |
Any foods made from beans, peas, lentils, or nuts | Yes | 213 | 53.8 |
No | 183 | 46.2 | |
Any cheese, yogurt, milk or other milk products | Yes | 195 | 49.2 |
No | 201 | 50.8 | |
Any foods made with oil, fat, or butter | Yes | 287 | 72.5 |
No | 119 | 27.5 | |
Any sugar or honey | Yes | 181 | 45.7 |
No | 215 | 54.3 | |
Any other foods, such as condiments, coffee, tea | Yes | 212 | 53.5 |
No | 184 | 46.5 | |