Conectividad digital, movilidad del hogar y riesgos alimentarios durante el confinamiento por COVID-19 en México

This article studies the impact of internet access and private transportation on food access and consumption quality during the COVID-19 lockdown in Mexico. We use data from the 2020 National Health and Nutrition Survey and the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale to estimate ordinal probit models and treatment effect estimators. We analyze how digital connectivity and household mobility influence the likelihood of experiencing food insecurity and reducing healthy food consumption. The findings reveal that digital networks are associated with a lower probability of facing food insecurity, while private transportation shows favorable, but territorially heterogeneous, associations. Households with minors are also shown to be a particularly vulnerable group in this analysis. Evidence is provided on the complementary role of connectivity and mobility in mitigating food risks in contexts of exogenous economic shocks, highlighting that their relevance depends on territorial conditions and supply opportunities.