Table 3 Description of weekly frequency consumption of 12 food groups, according to household’s food security/insecurity statusa
Household food security status | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Food groups consumption (days per week)b | Food security (n = 5301) | Mild-Food Insecurity (n = 1240) | Moderate-Food Insecurity (n = 680) | Severe-Food Insecurity (n = 438) | pc |
Foods made from corn, wheat, rice, oats or bran | |||||
0 days | 11 (0.2) | 4 (0.3) | 1 (0.1) | 3 (0.7) | < 0.001 |
1–3 days | 201 (3.8) | 37 (3.0) | 45 (6.6) | 38 (8.7) | |
4–6 days | 302 (5.7) | 56 (4.5) | 37 (5.4) | 26 (5.9) | |
Daily | 4787 (90.3) | 1143 (92.2) | 597 (87.8) | 371 (84.7) | |
Roots and starchy vegetables | |||||
0 days | 526 (9.9) | 183 (14.8) | 151 (22.2) | 117 (26.7) | < 0.001 |
1–3 days | 3762 (71.0) | 901 (72.7) | 465 (68.4) | 267 (61.0) | |
4–6 days | 518 (9.8) | 82 (6.6) | 34 (5.0) | 29 (6.6) | |
Daily | 495 (9.3) | 74 (6.0) | 30 (4.4) | 25 (5.7) | |
Vegetables | |||||
0 days | 77 (1.5) | 44 (3.5) | 40 (5.9) | 51 (11.6) | < 0.001 |
1–3 days | 1715 (32.4) | 556 (44.8) | 363 (53.4) | 225 (51.4) | |
4–6 days | 1077 (20.3) | 224 (18.1) | 85 (12.5) | 54 (12.3) | |
Daily | 2432 (45.9) | 416 (33.5) | 192 (28.2) | 108 (24.7) | |
Fruits | |||||
0 days | 164 (3.1) | 127 (10.2) | 104 (15.3) | 114 (26.0) | < 0.001 |
1–3 days | 1585 (29.9) | 600 (48.4) | 385 (56.6) | 238 (54.3) | |
4–6 days | 1042 (19.7) | 201 (16.2) | 74 (10.9) | 27 (6.2) | |
Daily | 2510 (47.3) | 312 (25.2) | 117 (17.2) | 59 (13.5) | |
Meat | |||||
0 days | 73 (1.4) | 59 (4.8) | 45 (6.6) | 70 (16.0) | < 0.001 |
1–3 days | 2705 (51.0) | 881 (71.0) | 492 (72.4) | 318 (72.6) | |
4–6 days | 1431 (27.0) | 222 (17.9) | 101 (14.9) | 37 (8.4) | |
Daily | 1092 (20.6) | 78 (6.3) | 42 (6.2) | 13 (3.0) | |
Eggs | |||||
0 days | 178 (3.4) | 44 (3.5) | 26 (3.8) | 17 (3.9) | 0.119 |
1–3 days | 2119 (40.0) | 558 (45.0) | 273 (40.1) | 185 (42.2) | |
4–6 days | 1110 (20.9) | 237 (19.1) | 140 (20.6) | 77 (17.6) | |
Daily | 1894 (35.7) | 401 (32.3) | 241 (35.4) | 159 (36.3) | |
Fish or seafood | |||||
0 days | 1825 (34.4) | 671 (54.1) | 404 (59.6) | 279 (63.7) | < 0.001 |
1–3 days | 3180 (60.0) | 532 (42.9) | 259 (38.1) | 149 (34.0) | |
4–6 days | 180 (3.4) | 19 (1.5) | 9 (1.3) | 5 (1.1) | |
Daily | 116 (2.2) | 18 (1.5) | 7 (1.0) | 5 (1.1) | |
Pulses or seeds | |||||
0 days | 154 (2.9) | 39 (3.1) | 27 (4.0) | 22 (5.0) | 0.011 |
1–3 days | 1536 (29.0) | 362 (29.2) | 187 (27.5) | 118 (26.9) | |
4–6 days | 872 (16.4) | 162 (13.1) | 116 (17.1) | 56 (12.8) | |
Daily | 2739 (51.7) | 677 (54.6) | 350 (51.5) | 242 (55.3) | |
Dairy products | |||||
0 days | 152 (2.9) | 80 (6.5) | 83 (12.2) | 76 (17.4) | < 0.001 |
1–3 days | 1176 (22.2) | 407 (32.8) | 266 (39.1) | 182 (41.6) | |
4–6 days | 802 (15.1) | 198 (16.0) | 96 (14.1) | 52 (11.9) | |
Daily | 3171 (59.8) | 555 (44.8) | 235 (34.6) | 128 (29.2) | |
Oils or fats | |||||
0 days | 38 (0.7) | 12 (1.0) | 5 (0.7) | 7 (1.6) | 0.005 |
1–3 days | 229 (4.3) | 70 (5.6) | 47 (6.9) | 33 (7.5) | |
4–6 days | 352 (6.6) | 72 (5.8) | 39 (5.7) | 27 (6.2) | |
Daily | 4682 (88.3) | 1086 (87.6) | 589 (86.6) | 371 (84.7) | |
Sugar, sweets, soft drinks or industrialized beverages | |||||
0 days | 157 (3.0) | 41 (3.3) | 28 (4.1) | 41 (9.4) | < 0.001 |
1–3 days | 781 (14.7) | 189 (15.2) | 118 (17.4) | 83 (18.9) | |
4–6 days | 566 (10.7) | 110 (8.9) | 64 (9.4) | 42 (9.6) | |
Daily | 3797 (71.6) | 900 (72.6) | 470 (69.1) | 272 (62.1) | |
Condiments, coffee or tea | |||||
0 days | 370 (7.0) | 96 (7.7) | 76 (11.2) | 62 (14.2) | < 0.001 |
1–3 days | 828 (15.6) | 200 (16.1) | 114 (16.8) | 87 (19.9) | |
4–6 days | 476 (9.0) | 114 (9.2) | 70 (10.3) | 38 (8.7) | |
Daily | 3627 (68.4) | 830 (66.9) | 420 (61.8) | 251 (57.3) | |
Reported consumption vs usual consumption is: | < 0.001 | ||||
Same | 5099 (96.2) | 1116 (90.0) | 560 (82.4) | 347 (79.2) | |
Higher | 93 (1.8) | 24 (1.9) | 27 (4.0) | 16 (3.7) | |
Less | 109 (2.1) | 100 (8.1) | 93 (13.7) | 75 (17.1) | |