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Socioeconomic risks of food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK: findings from the Understanding Society Covid Survey

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Socioeconomic risks of food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK: findings from the Understanding Society Covid Survey. / Brown, Heather; Mills, Susanna; Albani, Viviana.
In: BMC Public Health, Vol. 22, No. 1, 590, 26.03.2022.

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Brown, H, Mills, S & Albani, V 2022, 'Socioeconomic risks of food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK: findings from the Understanding Society Covid Survey', BMC Public Health, vol. 22, no. 1, 590. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12964-w

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Brown, H., Mills, S., & Albani, V. (2022). Socioeconomic risks of food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK: findings from the Understanding Society Covid Survey. BMC Public Health, 22(1), Article 590. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-022-12964-w

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Brown H, Mills S, Albani V. Socioeconomic risks of food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK: findings from the Understanding Society Covid Survey. BMC Public Health. 2022 Mar 26;22(1):590. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-12964-w

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Brown, Heather ; Mills, Susanna ; Albani, Viviana. / Socioeconomic risks of food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic in the UK : findings from the Understanding Society Covid Survey. In: BMC Public Health. 2022 ; Vol. 22, No. 1.

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abstract = "Background: We estimated socioeconomic factors associated with food insecurity during the first year of the Covid pandemic in the UK and explored potential mechanisms explaining these associations. Methods: Data were from the April, July, and September 2020 waves of the UK Understanding Society Covid Survey. Food insecurity was measured as {\textquoteleft}not having access to healthy and nutritious food{\textquoteright} and {\textquoteleft}reporting being hungry but not eating{\textquoteright}. Logistic regression estimated the relationship between socioeconomic factors and food insecurity. A decomposition approach explored if financial vulnerability and having Covid-19 explained associations between socioeconomics factors and food insecurity. Results: Single parents and young people aged 16–30 years had a higher odds of reporting both measures of food insecurity. Financial insecurity explained 5% to 25% of the likelihood of reporting being food insecure for young people and single parents depending on the food insecurity measure used. Experiencing Covid-19 symptoms explained less than 5% of the likelihood of being food insecure for single parents but approximately 30% of not having access to healthy and nutritious food for young people. Conclusion: Policies providing additional financial support may help to reduce the impact of Covid-19 on food insecurity in the UK.",
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