Objective:

To compare the state of household food security in Mexico in the socioeconomic context of the Covid-19 pandemic, according to the estimates of two household experience scales in 2020.

Methodology:

Cross-sectional study, based on data from the Encuesta Nacional de Salud y Nutrición 2020 sobre Covid-19 and the Encuesta Nacional de Ingresos y Gastos de los Hogares 2020. This was with ordinal regressions of partially proportional probabilities, the probabilities of presenting some degree of food insecurity adjusting for variables of the characteristics of the headship and the socioeconomic conditions of the household.

Results:

Both scales are consistent when determining the percentage of households that experienced severe food insecurity, but not mild or moderate food insecurity.

Limitations:

This work does not analyze the individual items of the scales, in addition to the fact that longitudinal changes were not explored.

Conclusion:

In general contexts such as the Covid-19 pandemic, the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale and the Mexican Food Security Scale are instruments that allow households affected by severe food insecurity to be identified.