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Influence of sociodemographic characteristics on different dimensions of household food insecurity in Montevideo, Uruguay

  • Máximo Rossi (a1), Zuleika Ferre (a1), María Rosa Curutchet (a2), Ana Giménez (a3) and Gastón Ares (a3)...
Abstract
Objective

To determine the factor structure of the Latin American & Caribbean Household Food Security Scale (ELCSA) and to study the influence of sociodemographic characteristics on each of the identified dimensions in Montevideo, Uruguay.

 Design

Cross-sectional survey with a representative sample of urban households. Household food insecurity was measured using the ELCSA. The percentage of respondents who gave affirmative responses for each of the items of the ELCSA was determined. Exploratory factor analysis was carried out to determine the ELCSA’s factor structure. A probit model was used to determine the impact of some individual and household sociodemographic characteristics on the identified dimensions of food insecurity.

 Setting

Metropolitan area centred on Montevideo, the capital city of Uruguay, April–September 2014.

 Subjects

Adults aged between 18 and 93 years (n 742).

 Results

The percentage of affirmative responses to the items of the ELCSA ranged from 4·4 to 31·7 %. Two factors were identified in the exploratory factor analysis performed on data from households without children under 18 years old, whereas three factors were identified for households with children. The identified factors were associated with different severity levels of food insecurity. Likelihood of experiencing different levels of food insecurity was affected by individual characteristics of the respondent as well as characteristics of the household.

 Conclusions

The influence of sociodemographic variables varied among the ELCSA dimensions. Household income had the largest influence on all dimensions, which indicates a strong relationship between income and food insecurity.
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