Survey data on income, food security, and dietary behavior among women and children from households of differing socio-economic status in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya

This article describes data collected to analyze consumer behaviors in vulnerable populations by examining key access constraints to nutritious foods among households of differing socio-economic status in urban and peri‑urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya. The key variables studied include wealth status,...

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Main Authors: Nyakundi, Fridah N., Mutua, Mercy M., Lung'aho, Mercy G., Chege, Christine G. Kiria, Ndung'u, John, Nungo, Rhoda, Karanja, David
Format: Journal Article
Language:Inglés
Published: Elsevier 2020
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110367
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author Nyakundi, Fridah N.
Mutua, Mercy M.
Lung'aho, Mercy G.
Chege, Christine G. Kiria
Ndung'u, John
Nungo, Rhoda
Karanja, David
author_browse Chege, Christine G. Kiria
Karanja, David
Lung'aho, Mercy G.
Mutua, Mercy M.
Ndung'u, John
Nungo, Rhoda
Nyakundi, Fridah N.
author_facet Nyakundi, Fridah N.
Mutua, Mercy M.
Lung'aho, Mercy G.
Chege, Christine G. Kiria
Ndung'u, John
Nungo, Rhoda
Karanja, David
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description This article describes data collected to analyze consumer behaviors in vulnerable populations by examining key access constraints to nutritious foods among households of differing socio-economic status in urban and peri‑urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya. The key variables studied include wealth status, food security, and dietary behavior indicators at individual and household level. Household food insecurity access scale (HFIAS), livelihood coping strategies (LCS), food expenditure share (FES), food consumption score (FCS), household dietary diversity score (HDDS), minimum dietary diversity-women(MDD-W), and child dietary diversity score (CDDS) indicators were used to measure food security. Household assets were used to develop an asset-based wealth index that grouped the study sample population into five wealth quantiles, while income levels were used to estimate FES. The hypothesis that guided the cross-sectional survey conducted to generate these data is that vulnerability to food insecurity and poverty are important drivers of food choice that influence household and individual dietary behavior. Data from this study was thus used to assess direction and strength of association between; household food insecurity, wealth status, women, children, and household dietary behavior in both urban and peri‑urban populations sampled.
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spelling CGSpace1103672025-11-12T05:53:23Z Survey data on income, food security, and dietary behavior among women and children from households of differing socio-economic status in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya Nyakundi, Fridah N. Mutua, Mercy M. Lung'aho, Mercy G. Chege, Christine G. Kiria Ndung'u, John Nungo, Rhoda Karanja, David consumer behaviour household food security nutrients women children comportamiento del consumidor seguridad alimentaria en el hogar nutrientes This article describes data collected to analyze consumer behaviors in vulnerable populations by examining key access constraints to nutritious foods among households of differing socio-economic status in urban and peri‑urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya. The key variables studied include wealth status, food security, and dietary behavior indicators at individual and household level. Household food insecurity access scale (HFIAS), livelihood coping strategies (LCS), food expenditure share (FES), food consumption score (FCS), household dietary diversity score (HDDS), minimum dietary diversity-women(MDD-W), and child dietary diversity score (CDDS) indicators were used to measure food security. Household assets were used to develop an asset-based wealth index that grouped the study sample population into five wealth quantiles, while income levels were used to estimate FES. The hypothesis that guided the cross-sectional survey conducted to generate these data is that vulnerability to food insecurity and poverty are important drivers of food choice that influence household and individual dietary behavior. Data from this study was thus used to assess direction and strength of association between; household food insecurity, wealth status, women, children, and household dietary behavior in both urban and peri‑urban populations sampled. 2020-12 2020-12-02T11:48:14Z 2020-12-02T11:48:14Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110367 en Open Access application/pdf Elsevier Nyakundi, F.N.; Mutua, Mercy; Lung'aho, M.G.; Chege, C.K.; Ndung'u, J.; Nungo, R.; Karanja, D. (2020) Survey data on income, food security, and dietary behavior among women and children from households of differing socio-economic status in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya. Data in Brief 33: 106542 ISSN: 2352-3409
spellingShingle consumer behaviour
household food security
nutrients
women
children
comportamiento del consumidor
seguridad alimentaria en el hogar
nutrientes
Nyakundi, Fridah N.
Mutua, Mercy M.
Lung'aho, Mercy G.
Chege, Christine G. Kiria
Ndung'u, John
Nungo, Rhoda
Karanja, David
Survey data on income, food security, and dietary behavior among women and children from households of differing socio-economic status in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya
title Survey data on income, food security, and dietary behavior among women and children from households of differing socio-economic status in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya
title_full Survey data on income, food security, and dietary behavior among women and children from households of differing socio-economic status in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya
title_fullStr Survey data on income, food security, and dietary behavior among women and children from households of differing socio-economic status in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya
title_full_unstemmed Survey data on income, food security, and dietary behavior among women and children from households of differing socio-economic status in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya
title_short Survey data on income, food security, and dietary behavior among women and children from households of differing socio-economic status in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya
title_sort survey data on income food security and dietary behavior among women and children from households of differing socio economic status in urban and peri urban areas of nairobi kenya
topic consumer behaviour
household food security
nutrients
women
children
comportamiento del consumidor
seguridad alimentaria en el hogar
nutrientes
url https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110367
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