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The effectiveness of a short form of the household food security scale

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  • Blumberg, S.J.
  • Bialostosky, K.
  • Hamilton, W.L.
  • Briefel, R.R.

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Objectives. On the basis of an 18-item Household Food Security Scale, a short form was developed to assess financially based food insecurity and hunger in surveys of households with and without children. Methods. To maximize the probability that households would be correctly classified with respect to food insecurity and hunger, 6 items from the full scale were selected on the basis of April 1995 Current Population Survey data. Results. The short form classified 97.7% of households correctly and underestimated the prevalence of overall food insecurity and of hunger by 0.3 percentage points. Conclusions. The short form of the Household Food Security Scale is a brief but potentially useful tool for national surveys and some state/local applications.

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  • Blumberg, S.J. & Bialostosky, K. & Hamilton, W.L. & Briefel, R.R., 1999. "The effectiveness of a short form of the household food security scale," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 89(8), pages 1231-1234.
    • Handle: RePEc:aph:ajpbhl:1999:89:8:1231-1234_8
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