Survey data on income, food security, and dietary behavior among women and children from households of differing socio-economic status in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenyahttps://doi.org/10.7910/DVN/3JZKBONyakundi, FridahLung'aho, MercyChege, Christine KiriaNdung'u, JohnNungo, RhodaKaranja, DavidHarvard Dataverse2020-07-012023-03-09T14:25:08ZThis data was collected in the context of a Cultivate Africa's Future (CultiAF) project on pre-cooked beans led by the Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization (KALRO) and Uganda's National Research Organization (NARO). A cross-sectional household survey that was carried out to assess key access constraints to nutritious foods among urban and peri-urban consumers. Participants included households with at least one child aged 6-59 months. Urban consumers were sampled from three sub-counties in Nairobi County: Kibera, Dandora, and Imara Daima. Peri-urban consumers were sampled from Athi River sub-county in Machakos County, and Juja sub-county in Kiambu County.Agricultural SciencesSocial SciencesHousehold surveyfood securitywomenchildrendietary diversityurban areasperi-urbanKenyaAfricaFood Environment and Consumer BehaviorNyakundi, F.N.; Mutua, Mercy; Lung'aho, M.G.; Chege, C.K.; Ndung'u, J.; Nungo, R.; Karanja, D. (2020) Survey data on income, food security, and dietary behavior among women and children from households of differing socio-economic status in urban and peri-urban areas of Nairobi, Kenya. Data in Brief 33: 106542 ISSN: 2352-3409, doi, 10.1016/j.dib.2020.106542, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2020.1065422016Nyakundi, Fridah2020-07-01Survey DataSocio-economic DataHousehold Survey DataKenya<P><a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by/4.0/88x31.png" /></a><br /> These data and documents are licensed under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" target="_blank"> Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.</a> You may copy, distribute and transmit the data as long as you acknowledge the source through proper <a href="http://best-practices.dataverse.org/data-citation/" target="_blank">data citation</a>.</P>