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Table 2 Transitions in food insecurity between the second and third survey rounds of the Iracema-COVID cohort, Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil

From: Food insecurity among families with infants born during the COVID-19 pandemic in Fortaleza, Northeast Brazil

 

Round 3

Total (%)

None

Mild

Moderate

Severe

Round 2

None

79 (76.0)a

25 (24.0)c

0.0 (0.0)c

0.0 (0.0)c

104 (33.1)

Mild

51 (34.9)b

77 (52.7)a

12 (8.2)c

6 (4.1)c

146 (46.5)

Moderate

4 (9.1)b

30 (68.2)b

9 (20.4)a

1 (2.3)c

44 (14.0)

Severe

0.0 (0.0)b

5 (25.0)b

4 (20.0)b

11 (55.0)a

20 (6.4)

Total (%)

134 (42.7)

137 (43.6)

25 (8.0)

18 (5.7)

314 (100.0)

  1. The table includes participants with information in both survey rounds (n = 314). Cells on the diagonal (bold fonta) include households that remained in the same category of food insecurity in both survey rounds. Cells below the diagonal (italic fontb) are households that improved in the scale of food insecurity, while those above the diagonal (bolditalic fontc) became more food insecure from round 2–3
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Journal of Health, Population and Nutrition

ISSN: 2072-1315

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