Table 2 Household Food Insecurity Scores (HFIAS)† among CT, DSL, and SSL households

You worry that the household (HH) would not have enough food?

Never/rarely

31(30.7)

21 (19.1)

25 (28.1)

0.128

Sometimes/often

70 (69.3)

89 (80.9)

64 (71.9)

Was any HH member not able to eat the kinds of foods they preferred because of a lack of resources?

Never/rarely

29 (29.6)

23 (21.5)

21 (23.6)

0.387

Sometimes/often

69 (70.4)

84 (78.5)

68 (76.4)

Did any HH member eat just a few kinds of food day after day due to a lack of resources?

Never/rarely

37 (36.6)

30 (27.3)

23 (25.8)

0.198

Sometimes/often

64 (63.4)

80 (72.7)

66 (74.2)

Did any HH member eat food that they preferred not to eat because of a lack of resources to obtain other types of food?

Never/rarely

38 (37.6)

42 (38.2)

39 (43.8)

0.632

Sometimes/often

63 (62.4)

68 (61.8)

50 (56.2)

Did any HH member eat a smaller meal than you felt the child needed because there was not enough food?

Never/rarely

40 (39.6)

29 (26.4)

38 (42.7)

0.034

Sometimes/often

61 (60.4)

81 (73.6)

51 (57.3)

Did any household member eat fewer meals in a day because there was not enough food?

Never/rarely

40 (39.2)

31 (28.2)

38 (42.7)

0.075

Sometimes/often

61 (60.4)

79 (71.8)

51 (57.3)

Was there ever no food at all in your household because there were not resources to get more?

Never/rarely

70 (69.3)

77 (70.0)

68 (76.4)

0.494

Sometimes/often

31 (30.7)

33 (30.0)

21 (23.6)

Did any HH member go to sleep at night hungry because there was not enough food

Never/rarely

77 (76.2)

88 (80.0)

77 (86.5)

0.196

Sometimes/often

24 (23.8)

22 (20.0)

12 (13.5)

Did any HH member go a whole day without eating anything because there was not enough food?

Never/rarely

78 (77.2)

84 (76.4)

76 (85.4)

0.240

Sometimes/often

23 (22.8)

26 (23.6)

13 (14.6)

Score

13.01

13.84

12.73

0.340