Household food security in the United States in 1995
Subtitle: summary report of the food security measurement project
By: prepared for Gary W. Bickel ; prepared by William L. Hamilton ... [et al.].
Contributors: United States. Department of Agriculture. Food and Consumer Service. Office of Analysis and Evaluation; Abt Associates
Publisher: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Food and Consumer Service, Office of Analysis and Evaluation
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Alexandria, VA]
Language: eng
Subjects: Food consumption; Hunger; Food supply
Description: 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.
Notes: Prepared by Abt Associates.

"September 1997."

Includes bibliographical references.

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