@article{Wineman:169819,
      recid = {169819},
      author = {Wineman, Ayala},
      title = {Multidimensional Household Food Security Measurement in  Rural Zambia},
      address = {2014},
      number = {329-2016-13307},
      series = {ID# 4781},
      pages = {33},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {Food security is recognized as a multifaceted condition of  complex causality that is related to, yet distinct from,  poverty and hunger. Given its broad definition, it is no  surprise that food security eludes precise measurement.  This study considers there to be three components of  household food security (quantity, quality, and stability),  and attempts to address the "concept-to-measurement" gap in  food security by building an index that spans these three  dimensions. A panel data set is used for descriptive  analysis of food security indicators in rural Zambia in  2000/01, 2003/04, and 2007/08 for different types of  households, including female-headed households.  A  multidimensional index of food security for rural Zambia is  then developed using principal component analysis. This  composite index is used to explore the spatial patterns of  food security in Zambia over time, to assess correlates of  food insecurity, and to measure the impacts of climate  shocks on food security. Results indicate that both  seasonal rainfall and temperature have a significant impact  on a household's food security score, although not for all  individual components of the food security index. The paper  concludes with a consideration of the merits and  shortcomings of developing a composite food security  index.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/169819},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.169819},
}