Household Food Security in the United States in 1995: Summary Report of the Food Security Measurement Project
Hamilton, William L. ; Thompson, William W.; Buron, Lawrence F.; Frongillo, Edward A., Jr. ; Olson, Christine M.; Wehler, Cheryl A.; Office of Analysis and Evaluation, Food and Consumer Service
1997

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Abstract

In April 1995, the U.S. Bureau of the Census conducted the first collection of comprehensive food security data as a supplement to its regular Current Population Survey. This survey of approximately 45,000 households is the first to collect the special data needed to measure food insecurity and hunger in a nationally-represented sample of U.S. households. The present study describes the analyses through which the food security scales and food security status variable were developed, as well as related tests of the reliability and validity of these measures.

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Title
Household Food Security in the United States in 1995: Summary Report of the Food Security Measurement Project
Author(s)
Hamilton, William L.
Thompson, William W.
Buron, Lawrence F.
Frongillo, Edward A., Jr.
Olson, Christine M.
Wehler, Cheryl A.
Office of Analysis and Evaluation, Food and Consumer Service
Subject(s)
Issue Date
1997-09
Publication Type
Report
DOI and Other Identifiers
10.22004/ag.econ.338958
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/338958
Language
English
Total Pages
142
Note
Prepared for: Gary W. Bickel, Project Officer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Service, under contract no. 53-3198-5-028. This project has been a cooperative undertaking by the responsible federal government agencies under the leadership of the Food and Consumer Service (FCS) of the U.S. Department of Agriculture jointly with the National Center for Health Statistics/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (NCHS) of the Department of Health and Human Services. Academic and other private-sector research experts in the field of food security and hunger measurement have aided the project from its beginning, achieving a substantial public/private partnership in the effort to develop a state-of-the-art food security survey questionnaire, statistical measurement method, and food insecurity and hunger measures and prevalence estimates for the nation.
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United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) > USDA Miscellaneous

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