FAO MAAIF SSC3 BASELINE- HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY AND WELFARE


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General Overview [All Regions]

Description Results
Interview period 09-Aug-2023 to 04-Sep-2023
Total number of Respondents 783 [Male:550 Female:233]
Number of Districts 23


p1. Which foods did your household consume in the last 24 hours? [All Regions]
Note: results are from multiple-choice responses
Code Description Freq Percent
01 Cereals- corn soy blend 508 21.53
02 Roots and tubers- Cassava 469 19.88
03 Vegetables- Dark green leafy vegs (e.g., dodo, bugga, nakati, sukma-wiki, sombe, spinach, amaranthus spp) 242 10.26
04 Fruits- Citrus (e.g., oranges, lemon, limes) 51 2.16
05 Meat, poultry, offal-goat (goat meat) 118 5.00
06 Eggs 15 0.64
07 Fish and seafood-dried or fresh 91 3.86
08 Pulses/ legumes/ nuts-beans, Soybeans, Simsim (sesame), lentils, nuts, Peas (field peas, cowpeas (gobbe/mpind), pigeon peas, and green peas) 310 13.14
09 Milk and milk products-fresh, powdered, yogurt, Bongo, Cheese, etc. 138 5.85
10 Oil/ fats- Veg cooking oils (e.g. Mukwano, Sunflower, sesame, corn oils) 108 4.58
11 Sugar- sugar, Sugarcane, honey, sweets, Soda, Safi, packed sugary drinks, etc. 210 8.90
12 Miscellaneous- tea, coffee, condiments (royco), Cocoa, Cotton, Alcohol or beer residues (any type) 99 4.20
Overall 2,359 100.00


p4. How many times did you consume the foods in the last 24 hours [All Regions]
Note: results are from Roster Table
Code Description Freq Percent
01 Once 357 27.40
02 Twice 603 46.28
03 Thrice 189 14.50
04 four times 58 4.45
05 five times 40 3.07
06 6+ times 56 4.30
Overall 1,303 100.00


p5. What were the major sources of foods consumed by your household in the last 24 hours [All Regions]
Note: results are from Roster Table
Code Description Freq Percent
01 Own production (crops, animals) 673 56.27
02 Hunting, fishing 16 1.34
03 Gathering 53 4.43
04 Borrowed 4 0.33
05 Purchase/market 437 36.54
06 Exchange labor for food 2 0.17
07 Exchange items for food 1 0.08
08 Remittances, gift (food) from family relatives 2 0.17
09 Bartering or exchange of labor for food 2 0.17
95 Others 6 0.50
Overall 1,196 100.00


p9a. Were you worried you would not have enough food to eat because of a lack of money or other resources in the last 12 months [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 573 73.18
01 Yes 210 26.82
Overall 783 100.00


p10a. Were you unable to eat healthy and nutritious food because of a lack of money or other resources in the last 12 months [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 576 73.56
01 Yes 207 26.44
Overall 783 100.00


p11a. Did your household eat only a few kinds of foods because of a lack of money or other resources in the last 12 months [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 569 72.67
01 Yes 214 27.33
Overall 783 100.00


p12a. Had to skip a meal because there was not enough money or other resources to get food in the last 12 months [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 636 81.23
01 Yes 147 18.77
Overall 783 100.00


p13a. Ate less than you thought you should because of a lack of money or other resources in the last 12 months [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 612 78.16
01 Yes 171 21.84
Overall 783 100.00


p14a. Ran-out of food because of a lack of money or other resources in the last 12 months [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 659 84.16
01 Yes 124 15.84
Overall 783 100.00


p15a. Were hungry but did not eat because there was not enough money or other resources for food in the last 12 months [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 662 84.55
01 Yes 121 15.45
Overall 783 100.00


p16a. Your household went without eating for a whole day because of a lack of money or other resources in the last 12 months [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 717 91.57
01 Yes 66 8.43
Overall 783 100.00


p17. Has there been periods during the past 12 months that household members could not afford to eat what they normally would eat? [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
00 No 630 80.46
01 Yes 153 19.54
Overall 783 100.00


p18. In which months did the food shortage occur during the last 12 months? [All Regions]
Note: results are from multiple-choice responses
Code Description Freq Percent
01 July 2022 37 8.79
02 August 2022 45 10.69
03 September 2022 26 6.18
04 October 2022 16 3.80
05 November 2022 8 1.90
06 December 2022 10 2.38
07 January 2023 34 8.08
08 February 2023 32 7.60
09 March 2023 42 9.98
10 April 2023 56 13.30
11 May 2023 63 14.96
12 June 2023 50 11.88
96 None 2 0.48
Overall 421 100.00


p19. How many meals per day (in the last 24 hours) did you eat in your household? [All Regions]
Code Description Freq Percent
01 One meal a day 34 4.34
02 Two meals a day 396 50.57
03 Three meals a day 337 43.04
04 Four meals a day 10 1.28
96 None 6 0.77
Overall 783 100.00