Household Food Insecurity and Its Association with Nutritional Status of Children 6–59 Months of Age in East Badawacho District, South Ethiopia

Table 5

Prevalence of household food insecurity in East Badawacho District, South Ethiopia, February 2014.

Variable	Category	Frequency	Percent
Worry about food	No	179	36.1
	Rarely	129	26.0
	Sometimes	148	29.8
	Often	40	8.1
Unable to eat preferred foods	No	168	33.9
	Rarely	149	30.0
	Sometimes	139	28.0
	Often	40	8.1
Eat just a few kinds of foods	No	166	33.5
	Rarely	151	30.4
	Sometimes	131	26.4
	Often	48	9.7
Eat foods they really do not want to eat	No	204	41.1
	Rarely	157	31.7
	Sometimes	116	23.4
	Often	19	3.8
Eat a smaller meal	No	187	37.7
	Rarely	165	33.3
	Sometimes	118	23.8
	Often	26	5.2
Eat fewer meals in a day	No	165	33.3
	Rarely	176	35.5
	Sometimes	133	26.8
	Often	22	4.4
No food of any kind in the household	No	336	67.7
	Rarely	74	14.9
	Sometimes	70	14.1
	Often	16	3.2
Go to sleep hungry	No	443	89.3
	Rarely	28	5.6
	Sometimes	23	4.6
	Often	2	0.4
Go a whole day and night without eating	No	467	94.2
	Rarely	15	3.0
	Sometimes	13	2.6
	Often	1	0.2
Food aid	Yes	46	9.3
	No	450	90.7