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Social Sciences
Food Insecurity among Urban Welfare Recipient Households in Hulu Langat
Selangor
Dr. Norhasmah Sulaiman
Zalilah, M. S., Kandiah, M., Mohd. Nasir, M. T. and Asnarulkhadi, A. S.
Faculty of Human Ecology, University Putra Malaysia,
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia.
+603-8946 7106; norhasmah@putra.upm.edu.my
Food insecurity defines whenever people are not able to access enough food at all time for an active and
healthy life, as well as the availability of adequate and safe food acquired by socially acceptable ways. The study
utilised the Malaysian Coping Strategy Instrument (MCSI) to determine the prevalence and the risk factors of
food insecurity among urban welfare recipient households in Hulu Langat, Selangor. One hundred and three
women (20-55 years old) from welfare recipient households were involved in this study. Questionnaires were
used to collect demographic and socioeconomics information as well as food security status of the households.
The results indicated that 26.3% of the households were food secure, while 39.8% experienced moderate food
insecure and 34.0% were severe food insecure. The risk factors of food insecurity included the presence of
children below 7 years old (F=3.690; P