FAO MAAIF SSC3 BASELINE- HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY AND WELFARE

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