2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.childyouth.2020.105180
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Youth food insecurity in Ghana and South Africa: Prevalence, socioeconomic correlates, and moderation effect of gender

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“…This finding may reflect the nature of African society where the care, including nutritional care, of older ones are prioritized. However, gender tends to moderate food security of persons in households in sub-Saharan Africa where males may be more food secure when families have fewer economic resources and females are more food secure when families have greater economic resources [61]. The only gender disparity observed in the current study was that male respondents were more likely to cut the size of meals or skip meals compared to non-male respondents during the pandemic.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 52%
“…This finding may reflect the nature of African society where the care, including nutritional care, of older ones are prioritized. However, gender tends to moderate food security of persons in households in sub-Saharan Africa where males may be more food secure when families have fewer economic resources and females are more food secure when families have greater economic resources [61]. The only gender disparity observed in the current study was that male respondents were more likely to cut the size of meals or skip meals compared to non-male respondents during the pandemic.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 52%
“…For instance, inadequate nutrition in South Africa has led to increases in the prevalence of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents, aggravating risks of other long-term co-morbidities [22]. Previous studies identify factors associated with food insecurity in the South African general population [20,23]; however, few studies have focused on youth [8,24,25]. Moreover, despite the known high prevalence of depression among youth in South Africa [26,27], little research has examined the relationship between depression and food insecurity in this population [8].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…For example, studies that used the same Ghana and South Africa data to examine the moderating effect of gender on the relationship of food insecurity and health outcomes validly compared mean HFIAS scores among young men and young women. 9,24 Construct validation is a valuable yet often ignored step when using scales initially developed in different settings or with a different population. Even fewer are tests of measurement invariance to justify cross-group comparison of mean scores.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…7,8 Additionally, experience-based food insecurity scales have been used to compare the prevalence of food insecurity and differences in risk factors across groups such as gender, age, and education level. 9,10 For example, a 2017 study found that 41% of children (or an estimated 605 million children) younger than 15 years lived in moderately or severely food-insecure households across 147 countries and territories. 10 Further, risk factors associated with food insecurity differ across youth groups, including gender and age.…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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