Question

Olivia works two part-time jobs to support her three children. Her financial priorities are to pay the rent and provide healthy food and medical necessities for herself and the children. On the day before payday, when the food is running low, Olivia sometimes eats a small evening meal to leave more food for her children. Olivia is experiencing which of the following?

Question 14 options:

	High Food security
	Marginal food security
	Low food security
	Very low food security
	Food poverty

Answer 1

Answer: Marginal food security.

Explanation: Marginal food security is generally defined as a home which has problems sometimes or causes anxiety about getting access to adequate food, but the quality, variety, and quantity of the food intake are not substantially reduced.

In the given question Olivia and her children in the household has adequate food before her payday. She only has to eat less for a little time period. Thus, it can be defined as Marginal food security.