Poverty and household food insecurity in Mongolia.
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.
Chimeddulam
Dalaijamts
D
School of Public Health, Health Science's University of Mongolia, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. dalai_chimka@yahoo.com
Dalaijamts
Guushir
G
Bardos
Helga
H
Tsevegdorj
Tserendorj
T
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