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Table 2 Pension users’ response to Household Food Insecurity and Access Scale (HFIAS) questions in Jimma town, South West Ethiopia, 2017

From: Household food insecurity and coping strategies among pensioners in Jimma Town, South West Ethiopia

HFIAS questions

Yes

No

Frequency

Percent

Frequency

Percent

Worry about food

333

83.5

66

16.5

Unable to eat preferred foods

303

76

96

24

Eat just a few kinds of foods

257

64.4

142

35.6

Eat foods they really do not want to eat

217

54.4

182

45.6

Reduce frequency of meal

145

36.3

254

63.7

Reduce amount of meal

123

30.8

276

69.2

No any kind of food in the house

123

30.8

276

69.2

Go to sleep hungry without eating

118

29.6

315

79

Stay a whole day and night without food

11

2.8

388

97.24