Table 1 Questions from the CCHS household food security survey module pertaining to child food insecurity
From: Food insecurity amongst Canadian children with food allergy during the COVID-19 pandemic
You and other adults in your household relied on only a few kinds of low-cost food to feed the child(ren) because you were running out of money to buy food. Was that often true, sometimes true, or never true since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic? | a. Often true b. Sometimes true c. Never true |
You or other adults in your household couldn’t feed the child(ren) a balanced meal, because you couldn’t afford it. Was that often true, sometimes true, or never true since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic? | a. Often true b. Sometimes true c. Never true |
Child(ren) were not eating enough because you and other adult members of the household just couldn’t afford enough food. Was that often true, sometimes true, or never true since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic? | a. Often true b. Sometimes true c. Never true |
In the past 12 months, did you or other adults in your household ever cut the size of any of the children’s meals because there wasn’t enough money for food? | a. Yes b. No c. Don’t know / refuse to answer |
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, did any of the children ever skip meals because there wasn’t enough money for food? | a. Yes b. No c. Don’t know / refuse to answer |
How often did this happen? | a. Yes b. No c. Don’t know / refuse to answer |
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, were any of the children ever hungry but you just couldn’t afford more food? | a. Yes b. No c. Don’t know / refuse to answer |
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, did any of the children ever not eat for a whole day because there wasn’t enough money for food? | a. Yes b. No c. Don’t know / refuse to answer |