Food security and sociodemographic factors during COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia

Chica Riska Ashari, Vebby Amellia Edwin, Dyah Suryani, Sunarti Sunarti, Erni Buston, Hairil Akbar, Suyitno Suyitno, Agnesia Clarissa Sera
2022 International Journal of Public Health Science (IJPHS)  
<p>The condition of the COVID-19 pandemic led to the government implementing the large-scale social restrictions regulation. It was implemented to overcome the spread of COVID-19 and also have an impact on community food security. This cross-sectional study aimed to examine socio-demographic factors and food security among communities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia. A total of 1,017 respondents involved in this rapid online survey. The result of this study found the strong factors
more » ... ated to food security were having stress or depression, poor dietary habits, and living alone. Furthermore, the low factors found such as being a female, unemployed, and living in Java Island. The government should give intervention for communities that got stressed, have poor dietary habits, and those who live alone without family during pandemic COVID-19.</p>
doi:10.11591/ijphs.v11i4.21803 fatcat:bcw7d3j7hff55hfpxa352m36mi