From: Household food insecurity and coping strategies among pensioners in Jimma Town, South West Ethiopia
HFIAS questions | Yes | No | ||
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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 |