title: Poverty and household food insecurity in Mongolia.
abstract: This study was designed to review the food security of the country and to study the household food insecurity of poor households in relation to the poverty level. Cross-sectional survey design was used to assess the perceptions of socio-economic changes, food insecurity in national and household levels, and their health impact. A total of 731 poor households were involved in our study. One third of the total households were in a status of severe food insecurity with hunger. Analysis on the risk factors of household food insecurity showed that the household income was significantly inversely associated with household food insecurity (RR = -0.489; 95% CI -0.540, -0.398; P < .001). Food insecurity with hunger in the households is significantly related to poverty of the households.
authors.affiliation: School of Public Health, Health Science's University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. dalai_chimka@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Dalaijamts
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Chimeddulam
authors.forename: Guushir
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dalaijamts
authors.forename: Helga
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Bardos
authors.forename: Tserendorj
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tsevegdorj
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005523:Food Supply / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008986:Mongolia / Q000453:epidemiology; D011203:Poverty / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013217:Starvation / Q000191:economics* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology