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Title: Assessing the dimensionality of food-security measures

Journal Article · · Journal of economic and social measurement
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3233/jem-210476 · OSTI ID:1830515
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  1. US Dept. of Agriculture (USDA), Kansas City, MO (United States)
  2. Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA (United States)
  3. Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA (United States); Sandia National Lab. (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
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Here, we explore the dimensionality of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s household food security survey module among households with children. Using a novel methodological approach to measuring food security, we find that there is multidimensionality in the module for households with children that is associated with the overall household, adult, and child dimensions of food security. Additional analyses suggest official estimates of food security among households with children are robust to this multidimensionality. However, we also find that accounting for the multidimensionality of food security among these households provides new insights into the correlates of food security at the household, adult, and child levels of measurement.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Laboratories (SNL-CA), Livermore, CA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDA; USDOE
Grant/Contract Number:
NA0003525
OSTI ID:
1830515
Report Number(s):
SAND--2021-0338J; 693306
Journal Information:
Journal of economic and social measurement, Journal Name: Journal of economic and social measurement Journal Issue: 3-4 Vol. 45; ISSN 0747-9662
Publisher:
IOS PressCopyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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