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Role of government financial support and vulnerability characteristics associated with food insecurity during the covid-19 pandemic among young peruvians

dc.contributor.author Curi-Quinto K. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Sánchez A. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Lago-Berrocal N. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Penny M.E. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Murray C. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Nunes R. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Favara M. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Wijeyesekera A. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Lovegrove J. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Soto-Cáceres V. es_PE
dc.contributor.author Vimaleswaran K.S. es_PE
dc.date.accessioned 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.available 2024-05-30T23:13:38Z
dc.date.issued 2021
dc.description Funding: This research was funded by PROCIENCIA (CONCYTEC/FONDECYT), the British Embassy, the MRC grant (MR/S024778/1) and Newton Fund, grant number 030-2019.
dc.description.abstract Peruvian households have experienced one of the most prevalent economic shocks due to COVID-19, significantly increasing their vulnerability to food insecurity (FI). To understand the vulnerability characteristics of these households among the Peruvian young population, including the role of the government’s response through emergency cash transfer, we analysed longitudinal data from the Young Lives study (n = 2026), a study that follows the livelihoods of two birth cohorts currently aged 18 to 27 years old. FI was assessed using the Food Insecurity Experience Scale. Household characteristics were collected before and during the COVID-19 outbreak in Peru to char-acterise participants’ vulnerability to FI. Multivariate logistic regression was used to evaluate the association between government support and participants’ vulnerability characteristics to FI. During the period under study (March to December 2020), 24% (95% CI: 22.1–25.9%) of the participants experienced FI. Families in the top wealth tercile were 49% less likely to experience FI. Larger families (>5 members) and those with increased household expenses and decreased income due to COVID-19 were more likely to experience FI (by 35%, 39% and 42%, respectively). There was no significant association between government support and FI (p = 0.768). We conclude that pre-pan-demic socioeconomic status, family size, and the economic disruption during COVID-19 contribute to the risk of FI among the Peruvian young population, while government support insufficiently curtailed the risk to these households. © 2021 by the author. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland.
dc.description.sponsorship Consejo Nacional de Ciencia, Tecnología e Innovación Tecnológica - Concytec
dc.identifier.doi https://doi.org/10.3390/nu13103546
dc.identifier.scopus 2-s2.0-85116629764
dc.identifier.uri https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12390/3050
dc.language.iso eng
dc.publisher MDPI
dc.relation.ispartof Nutrients
dc.rights info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.rights.uri https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
dc.subject Social programs
dc.subject COVID-19 es_PE
dc.subject Food security es_PE
dc.subject Low-and middle-income countries es_PE
dc.subject Malnutrition es_PE
dc.subject.ocde https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.03.08
dc.title Role of government financial support and vulnerability characteristics associated with food insecurity during the covid-19 pandemic among young peruvians
dc.type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
dspace.entity.type Publication
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