Food insecurity among university students at two selected public universities in Malaysia
Most of food insecurity studies focus on the general households’ level and less have been done for the university students. Therefore, this cross-sectional study focused on determining food insecurity, assessing factors contributing to the food insecurity and the association between socioeconomic...
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| author | Ramlee, Izwan Syafiq Ali, Asma’ Zalbahar, Nurzalinda Abdul Wahab, Rahijan Jaafar, Siti Nur ‘Afifah |
| author_facet | Ramlee, Izwan Syafiq Ali, Asma’ Zalbahar, Nurzalinda Abdul Wahab, Rahijan Jaafar, Siti Nur ‘Afifah |
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| description | Most of food insecurity studies focus on the general households’ level and less have been done for the university students.
Therefore, this cross-sectional study focused on determining food insecurity, assessing factors contributing to the food insecurity
and the association between socioeconomic status and food security status among students in two public universities in
Terengganu. About 96 undergraduate students from two selected public universities in Terengganu participated and filled out
a self-administered questionnaire consisting of three primary sections; Demographic profile, Food Security Index and Causes
of Food Insecure and these were later analysed by SPSS. Results showed that 22% of respondents were classified as food
insecure, with 14% of them were categorized in the low food security group and 8% were categorized as very low food
security. High cost of living is among the main factors contributing to food insecurity among the university students in
Terengganu. However, no significant association was found between socio-economic status and food insecurity status at
p<0.05. This may indicate that there are other factors besides socioeconomic status, which may influence food insecurity of
the students in this study. In the future, similar studies should be extended to focus on assessing students’ food insecurity
and food coping strategies. |
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| spelling | upm-799332023-03-30T02:37:50Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79933/ Food insecurity among university students at two selected public universities in Malaysia Ramlee, Izwan Syafiq Ali, Asma’ Zalbahar, Nurzalinda Abdul Wahab, Rahijan Jaafar, Siti Nur ‘Afifah Most of food insecurity studies focus on the general households’ level and less have been done for the university students. Therefore, this cross-sectional study focused on determining food insecurity, assessing factors contributing to the food insecurity and the association between socioeconomic status and food security status among students in two public universities in Terengganu. About 96 undergraduate students from two selected public universities in Terengganu participated and filled out a self-administered questionnaire consisting of three primary sections; Demographic profile, Food Security Index and Causes of Food Insecure and these were later analysed by SPSS. Results showed that 22% of respondents were classified as food insecure, with 14% of them were categorized in the low food security group and 8% were categorized as very low food security. High cost of living is among the main factors contributing to food insecurity among the university students in Terengganu. However, no significant association was found between socio-economic status and food insecurity status at p<0.05. This may indicate that there are other factors besides socioeconomic status, which may influence food insecurity of the students in this study. In the future, similar studies should be extended to focus on assessing students’ food insecurity and food coping strategies. Malaysian Society of Applied Biology 2019 Article PeerReviewed Ramlee, Izwan Syafiq and Ali, Asma’ and Zalbahar, Nurzalinda and Abdul Wahab, Rahijan and Jaafar, Siti Nur ‘Afifah (2019) Food insecurity among university students at two selected public universities in Malaysia. Malaysian Applied Biology, 48 (1). pp. 101-110. ISSN 0126-8643; ESSN: 2462-151X https://jms.mabjournal.com/index.php/mab/article/view/2299 |
| spellingShingle | Ramlee, Izwan Syafiq Ali, Asma’ Zalbahar, Nurzalinda Abdul Wahab, Rahijan Jaafar, Siti Nur ‘Afifah Food insecurity among university students at two selected public universities in Malaysia |
| title | Food insecurity among university students at two selected public universities in Malaysia |
| title_full | Food insecurity among university students at two selected public universities in Malaysia |
| title_fullStr | Food insecurity among university students at two selected public universities in Malaysia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Food insecurity among university students at two selected public universities in Malaysia |
| title_short | Food insecurity among university students at two selected public universities in Malaysia |
| title_sort | food insecurity among university students at two selected public universities in malaysia |
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