Food Insecurity Measures: Experience-Based Versus Nutrition-Based Evidence From India, Bangladesh, and Ethiopia

Nzinga Broussard andSharad Tandon

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: food security;    food insecurity;    food-insecure;    India;    Bangladesh;    Ethiopia;    calorie consumption;    households;    experience-based;    nutrition-based;   

RP-ID  :  ERR-220

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

Using survey questions, this report analyzes how well two common measures of food insecurity identify food-insecure households: an objective nutrition measure based on reported calorie consumption and a measure based on the household's perceived level of food security. With a growing preference for the experiential measure, it is important to evaluate its comparative effectiveness.