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Percentage of population (specify the group if necessary) having sufficient access to food

Percentage of population (specify the group if necessary) having sufficient access to food

Code:
Result Level:
  • Situation
  • Impact
Objectives:
  • Food Security and Nutrition
  • Food Security and Nutrition Situation
Description:

Percent of households scoring low on the household hunger scale and categorized as having severe household hunger. Food security has three components - availability, access and utilization. This indicator measures the access component of Food security using the Household Hunger Scale (HHS) to assess household hunger in food insecure areas. The HHS consists of three questions and three frequencies that, when administered in a population-based household survey, allows for estimating the percent of households affected by three different severities of household hunger: 1) Little to no household hunger; 2) Moderate household hunger; and 3) Severe household hunger. HHS data can be validly used for decision making, to priorities among regions or diverse settings with highest need; for cross-regional and cross-national monitoring and evaluation of policies and programmes; and for global tracking of household hunger.

Disaggregated By:

Geography/Livelihoods zone; Gender, age, disabilities, chronic diseases (for individuals, associations members, etc.), and any other relevant criteria, such as urban/rural, religious, ethnic or political identities; Wealth groups; Livelihoods group (e.g. pastoralist, farmers, traders); Period to achieve the objective;

Direction of change:
  • Increase (number)
Data source:

Both secondary and primary data collection can be used according to context. Baseline/Endline. If multiyear programme depending on comparison requirements between lean season and other seasons, consider an interim reporting/evaluation Secondary data. Reliable/relevant sources from other actors, clusters or government. Data Collection methods: Secondary data analysis; Households Survey, Focus Group Discussion;

Sector/Subsector:
  • Food security
Source: WVI-1
Examples:

Measure Notes:

Ask the parent or caregiver: In the past four weeks was there ever no food to eat of any kind in your household because of lack of resources to get food? Yes = 1 No = 2 If no skip next question How often did this happen? 1 = rarely (once or twice in the past four weeks) 2 = sometimes (three to ten times in the past four weeks) 3 = often (more than ten times in the past four weeks) In the past four weeks, did you or any household member go to sleep at night hungry because there was not enough food? (all questions in WVI document) Ref: FANTA, MDG 1 http://www.fantaproject.org/publications/hhs_2011.shtml