title: Household food insecurity and food expenditure in Bolivia, Burkina Faso, And the Philippines.
abstract: This study examined the association between food insecurity, determined by a modified version of the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module (US HFSSM), and total daily per capita (DPC) consumption (measured as household expenditures) in Bolivia, Burkina Faso, and the Philippines. Household food insecurity was determined by an adapted 9-item US HFSSM version. A short version of the World Bank's Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) consumption module measured household expenditures. Focus groups were used to adapt the survey instrument to each local context. The sample (n approximately 330 per country) includes residents of urban and rural areas. A 12-month food expenditure aggregate was generated as part of the total household expenditures calculation. DPC food expenditure, which represented over 60% of the total household consumption, as well as expenditures on specific food groups correlated with food insecurity both as a continuous Food Insecurity Score (FinSS) and a tricategorical food insecurity status variable. ANOVA and regression analysis were executed adjusting for social and demographic covariates. Food-secure households have significantly higher (P < 0.05) total DPC food expenditures as well as expenditures on animal source foods, vegetables, and fats and oils than moderately and severely food-insecure households. The results offer evidence that the US HFSSM is able to discriminate between households at different levels of food insecurity status in diverse developing world settings.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Nutrition, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210-1295, USA. melgar-quinonez.1@osu.edu
authors.forename: Hugo R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Melgar-Quinonez
authors.forename: Ana C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Zubieta
authors.forename: Barbara
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: MkNelly
authors.forename: Anastase
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nteziyaremye
authors.forename: Maria Filipinas D
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Gerardo
authors.forename: Christopher
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Dunford
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001838:Bolivia; D002050:Burkina Faso; D003071:Cognition; D003906:Developing Countries; D002149:Energy Intake; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply; D005102:Health Expenditures; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010679:Philippines; D011203:Poverty; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires