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Food Insecurity and Hunger in the United States - An Assessment of the Measure (Paperback)
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The United States is viewed by the world as a country with plenty
of food, yet not all households in America are food secure, meaning
access at all times to enough food for an active, healthy life. A
proportion of the population experiences food insecurity at some
time in a given year because of food deprivation and lack of access
to food due to economic resource constraints. Still, food
insecurity in the United States is not of the same intensity as in
some developing countries. Since 1995 the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) has annually published statistics on the extent
of food insecurity and food insecurity with hunger in U.S.
households. These estimates are based on a survey measure developed
by the U.S. Food Security Measurement Project, an ongoing
collaboration among federal agencies, academic researchers, and
private organizations. USDA requested the Committee on National
Statistics of the National Academies to convene a panel of experts
to undertake a two-year study in two phases to review at this
10-year mark the concepts and methodology for measuring food
insecurity and hunger and the uses of the measure. In Phase 2 of
the study the panel was to consider in more depth the issues raised
in Phase 1 relating to the concepts and methods used to measure
food security and make recommendations as appropriate. The
Committee on National Statistics appointed a panel of 10 experts to
examine the above issues. In order to provide timely guidance to
USDA, the panel issued an interim Phase 1 report, Measuring Food
Insecurity and Hunger: Phase 1 Report. That report presented the
panel's preliminary assessments of the food security concepts and
definitions; the appropriateness of identifying hunger as a severe
range of food insecurity in such a survey-based measurement method;
questions for measuring these concepts; and the appropriateness of
a household survey for regularly monitoring food security in the
U.S. population. It provided interim guidance for the continued
production of the food security estimates. This final report
primarily focuses on the Phase 2 charge. The major findings and
conclusions based on the panel's review and deliberations are
summarized. Table of Contents Front Matter Executive Summary 1
Introduction 2 History of the Development of Food Insecurity and
Hunger Measures 3 Concepts and Definitions 4 Survey Measurement of
Food Insecurity and Hunger 5 Item Response Theory and Food
Insecurity 6 Survey Vehicles to Measure Food Insecurity and Hunger
7 Applicability of Food Insecurity Outcomes for Assessment of
Program Performance 8 Closing Remarks References Acronyms and
Abbreviations Appendix A Current Population Survey Food Security
Supplement Questionnaire, December 2003 Appendix B Biographical
Sketches of Panel Members and Staff Index
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