IJSR - International Journal of Scientific Research

Zoobi Khanam; Hari Shankar; CP Mishra

Volume : VI, Issue : IV, April - 2017

Household Food Security with special reference to Individual Food Security of Rural Women

Zoobi Khanam, Hari Shankar, Cp Mishra

Abstract :

Raising the nutritional status of the population has been a global concern and therefore food security has been the major concern of governments particularly in developing countries. With this interest, a cross–sectional study was conducted to investigate the extent of household as well as individual food security of rural women in Varanasi district of Uttar Pradesh state, India. In case of 29.8% and 15.9% of households, level of food security was high/marginal and low, respectively. More than half (54.3%) households had very low food security. 69.8% subjects had inadequate consumption at household level and with respect to RDA 37.4% subjects had adequate calorie consumption. Of those having adequate household consumption, 51.6% subjects had adequate calorie consumption at individual level (p<0.001). There existed significant (p<0.001) association between SES and calorie adequacy of subjects. In comparison to lower class odds of calorie inadequacy was low for lower middle class (AOR 0.30; CI: 0.19–0.47).