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Table 1 Affirmative Responses to Food Security Items (n = 610)

From: Association of Household and Community Characteristics with Adult and Child Food Insecurity among Mexican-Origin Households in Colonias along the Texas-Mexico Border

 

Frequency of Occurrence

Food security item

Any

(Sometimes or Often)

Often

Sometimes

Household items

   

1 Worried that food would run out before I get money or food stamps to buy more

81.0

17.9

63.1

2 Food bought didn't last and I didn't have money to get more

73.6

12.6

61.0

3 We eat the same thing for several days in a row because we only have a few different kinds of food on hand and didn't have money to buy more

65.1

11.0

54.1

4 Ran out of food needed to put together a meal and didn't have money to get more

71.1

11.6

59.5

Adult items

   

5 Can't afford to eat properly

61.8

10.2

51.6

6 Respondent hungry but didn't eat because couldn't afford enough food

58.5

10.0

48.5

7 Respondent ate less than he/she felt should because didn't have enough money for food

58.8

9.3

49.5

8 Adult(s) cut size or skipped meals last month because not enough money to buy food

60.0

10.7

49.3

Child items 1

   

9 Cannot give child(ren) a balanced meal because can't afford it

59.7

10.1

49.6

10 Child(ren) not eating enough because can't afford enough food

53.7

8.9

44.8

11 Child(ren) are hungry sometimes, but can't afford more food

51.0

8.5

42.6

  1. 1 Included only households with children (n = 484)