Descriptions of the nine items of HFIAS food access questions of mothers in Ataye District, 2018 (n=612)
| Nine HFIAS items | Response (%) | Frequency of occurrence (%) | |||
| Yes | No | Rarely | Sometimes | Often | |
| Worry about food | 37.3 | 62.7 | 22.5 | 10.1 | 4.7 |
| Unable to eat preferred foods | 30.9 | 69.1 | 17.8 | 8.5 | 4.6 |
| Eat just a few kinds of foods | 22.5 | 77.5 | 16.8 | 3.8 | 1.9 |
| Eat foods they really do not want eat | 20.4 | 79.6 | 9.8 | 5.9 | 4.7 |
| Eat a smaller meal | 12.4 | 87.6 | 8.3 | 3.4 | 0.7 |
| Eat fewer meals in a day | 8.5 | 91.5 | 5.7 | 2.6 | 0.2 |
| No food of any kind in the household | 5.2 | 94.8 | 3.1 | 2.0 | 0.2 |
| Go to sleep hungry | 4.4 | 95.6 | 2.6 | 1.8 | 0.2 |
| Go a whole day and night without eating | 3.1 | 96.9 | 2.1 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
HFIAS, Household Food Insecurity Access Scale.