期刊名称：International Journal of Social Sciences and Humanity Studies
电子版ISSN：1309-8063
出版年度：2017
卷号：9
期号：2
页码：95
出版社：Social Sciences Research Society
摘要：Considered a human right, housing and food security can be viewed as basic to whatdefines an individual’s well-being and is enshrined in the South African Constitution. Inany country, affordable housing and food security are central to development to ensure anadequate healthy lifestyle. What makes the link between housing and food securityimportant is that in a household with inadequate resources, housing and food security canbe in a competing relationship and may even involve a trade-off between each other.Furthermore, food insecurity and housing insecurity are important components in povertyreduction policies. In this study, a random sample of 600 households was taken based ona quantitative research method. Two low income neighbourhoods were selected in theEmfuleni Municipal area in Southern Gauteng, South Africa. The relationship betweenfood insecurity and housing insecurity was analysed using different statistical techniques.To measure food insecurity the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS)developed by the African Food Security Urban Network (AFSUN) was used, while ahousing security measurement scale was developed. The research found that a trade-offexists between housing and food security and, in many cases, food insecurity and housinginsecurity exist at the same time. The research established the link between foodinsecurity, housing insecurity and poverty. Recently, a number of studies focused on foodsecurity from an urban perspective, however a limited number of studies focused onhousing security, with no focus on the relationship between food and housing insecurity.The findings of this study contribute to the existing body of knowledge on foodinsecurity, housing insecurity, and the how they can be incorporated in the fight againstpoverty.
