Impact of COVID-19 on household hunger and socio-economic inequality in South Africa: a comparative analysis using NIDS-CRAM (2020-2021) and NFNSS 2022 data.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food insecurity is a persistent socio-economic challenge in South Africa that was sharply exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic. This study compares household hunger during the acute pandemic period and the early recovery phase and examines how socio-economic inequalities in food security evolved.

Methods

We analyzed five waves of the National Income Dynamics Study-Coronavirus Rapid Mobile Survey (NIDS-CRAM, 2020-2021) and the National Food and Nutrition Security Survey (NFNSS, 2022). A harmonized 7-day household hunger indicator was recoded as "no household hunger" and modeled using survey-weighted logistic regression. Socio-economic-related inequality in being hunger-free was assessed using the Erreygers Concentration Index and decomposition analysis, with sensit

SUBMITTER: Lukwa AT 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12832473 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature