Acute food insecurity and short-term coping strategies of urban and rural households of Bangladesh during the lockdown period of COVID-19 pandemic of 2020: report of a cross-sectional survey.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We conducted a cross-sectional survey to assess the extent and to identify the determinants of food insecurity and coping strategies in urban and rural households of Bangladesh during the month-long, COVID-19 lockdown period.

Setting

Selected urban and rural areas of Bangladesh.

Participants

106 urban and 106 rural households.

Outcome variables and method

Household food insecurity status and the types of coping strategies were the outcome variables for the analyses. Multinomial logistic regression analyses were done to identify the determinants.

Results

We found that around 90% of the households were suffering from different grades of food insecurity. Severe food insecurity was higher in urban (42%) than rural (15%) households. The rural hou

SUBMITTER: Das S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7735103 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature