Nutritional Status of Children and Its Associated Factors in Selected Earthquake-Affected VDCs of Gorkha District, Nepal

Table 3

Household food insecurity-related characteristics of study population.

Characteristics	Number ()	Percent
Food security
Food security	69	16.4
Mild food insecurity	96	22.9
Moderate food insecurity	146	34.8
Severe food insecurity	109	26.0
Coping strategies of food insecurity
Take loan	350	84.5
Collect wild food	2	0.5
Consume seed	20	4.8
Sell livestock	1	0.2
Relief	381	92.0
Cause of food deficiency
Earthquake	414	99.8
Drought	27	6.5
Crop failure	27	6.5
Financial problem	309	74.5
Not available in the market	7	1.7
Others	1	0.2