Household Food Security Status by Head and Household Characteristics in Rural South Africa

Baseline distribution of household food security status by household head and household characteristics. The dataset, 13.5 KB in size, was authored by Reneilwe G. Mashaba and last updated on March 25, 2026. It is available under a CC-BY-4.0 license.

Use Cases

• Modeling household food security status based on household head demographics.
• Analyzing the relationship between economic strain and food insecurity.
• Evaluating targeted policy responses for specific household types, such as divorced household heads.
• Investigating the role of local indigenous farming in food security.

Strengths

• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0.
• File size is 13.5 KB, indicating a compact and focused dataset.

Limitations

• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

Reneilwe G. Mashaba via figshare.

Collection Method

Likely collected via a household survey or demographic surveillance system.

Time Range

Baseline data; specific temporal coverage is not stated.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-25 17:37:15; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Likely focuses on rural Limpopo Province, South Africa, as suggested by platform tags.