Food security construct | Household Food Security Survey Module Question | Food Security Survey Module for Youth Question |
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Worry about food supplies | HH2) “(I/We) worried whether (my/our) food would runout before (I/we) got money to buy more.” Was that often true, sometimes true, or never true for (you/yourhousehold) in the last 3 months? | 1) Did you worry that food at home would run out before your family got money to buy more? |
Run out of food supplies | HH3) “The food that (I/we) bought just didn't last, and(l/we) didn't have money to get more.” Was that often,sometimes, or never true for (you/your household) inthe last 3 months? | 2) Did the food that your family bought run out, and you didn’t have money to get more? |
Low cost foods for children | CH1) “(I/we) relied on only a few kinds of low- cost food to feed ((my/our) child/the children) because (I was/we were) running out of money to buy food.” Was that often, sometimes, or never true for (you/your household) in the last 3 months? | 3) Did your meals only include a few kinds of cheap foods because your family was running out of money to buy food? |
Lack of a balanced diet for children | CH2) “(I/ We) couldn’t feed ((my/our) child/the children) a balanced meal because (I/we) couldn’t afford that.“ Was that often, sometimes, or never true for (you/your household) in the last 3 months? | 4) How often were you not able to eat a balanced meal because your family didn’t have enough money? |
Children not eating enough | CH3) “My/Our child was/The children were) not eatingenough because (I/we) just couldn't afford enoughfood.” Was that often, sometimes, or never true for(you/your household) in the last 3 months? | 5) Did you have to eat less because your family didn’t have enough money to buy food? |
Reduce children’s portion sizes | CH4) In the last 3 months, did you ever cut the size of(your child’s/any of the children’s) meals because therewasn't enough money for food? | 6) Has the size of was your meals been cut because your family didn’t have enough money for food? |
Children skip meals | CH5) In the last 3 months, did (CHILD’S NAME’ any of the children) ever skip meals because there wasn’t enough money for food? | 7) Did you have to skip a meal because your family didn’t have enough money for food? |
Children are hungry | CH6) In the last 3 months, (was your child/were the children) ever hungry but you just couldn’t afford more food? | 8) Were you hungry but didn’t eat because your family didn’t have enough food? |
Children go full day without eating | CH7) In the last 3 months, did (your child/any of the children) ever not eat for a whole day because there wasn’t enough money for food? | 9) Did you not eat for a whole day because your family didn’t have enough money for food? |