Food insecurity and dietary deprivation: Migrant households in Nairobi, Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorOnyango, Elizabeth Opiyo
dc.contributor.authorCrush, Jonathan S.
dc.contributor.authorOwuor, Samuel
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-24T10:42:32Z
dc.date.available2023-04-24T10:42:32Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.description.abstractThe current study focuses on food consumption and dietary diversity among internal migrant households in Kenya using data from a city-wide household survey of Nairobi conducted in 2018. The paper examined whether migrant households are more likely to experience inferior diets, low dietary diversity, and increased dietary deprivation than their local counterparts. Second, it assesses whether some migrant households experience greater dietary deprivation than others. Third, it analyses whether rural-urban links play a role in boosting dietary diversity among migrant households. Length of stay in the city, the strength of rural-urban links, and food transfers do not show a significant relationship with greater dietary diversity. Better predictors of whether a household is able to escape dietary deprivation include education, employment, and household income. Food price increases also decrease dietary diversity as migrant households adjust their purchasing and consumption patterns.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOnyango, E. O. et al. (2023). Food insecurity and dietary deprivation: Migrant households in Nairobi, Kenya. Nutrients, 15(5), 1215. 10.3390/nu15051215en_US
dc.identifier.issn2072-6643
dc.identifier.uri10.3390/nu15051215
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8877
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.subjectDietaryen_US
dc.subjectDiversityen_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectMigrationen_US
dc.subjectAgricultureen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titleFood insecurity and dietary deprivation: Migrant households in Nairobi, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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