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Table 2 Household food insecurity scalequestions

From: The predictors of food security and dietary diversity among internally displaced persons’ children (6–59 months) in Bamenda health district, Cameroon

Household food insecurity scale questions

During the past 30 days:

Frequency (n)

Percentage (%)

Households which did not have enough food

365

92.4

Households whose members were unable to eat the types of food they like more

368

93.2

Households whose member ate a small variety of food

373

94.4

Households whose members ate food they normally do not to eat

373

94.4

Household whose member ate smaller meals than they need

373

94.0

Household whose members ate lesser meals in a day

369

93.4

Households were at some point, there was no food to eat due to lack of resources

287

72.7

Household in which a member sometimes went to sleep hungry because of a lack of food

323

81.8

Households in which a member stayed the whole day and night without eating anything because there was no food

243

61.5