Food Counts - Measuring Food Consumption and Expenditures in Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys : Introduction to the Special Issue

This introductory paper presents the results of an international multi-disciplinary research project on the measurement of food consumption in national household surveys. Food consumption data from household surveys are possibly the single most important source of information on poverty, food securi...

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Main Authors:	Zezza, Alberto, Carletto, Calogero, Fiedler, John L., Gennari, Pietro, Jolliffe, Dean
Format:	Journal Article
Published:	Elsevier 2018
Subjects:	FOOD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29240

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spelling	okr-10986-292402021-05-25T10:54:43Z Food Counts - Measuring Food Consumption and Expenditures in Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys : Introduction to the Special Issue Zezza, Alberto Carletto, Calogero Fiedler, John L. Gennari, Pietro Jolliffe, Dean FOOD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN This introductory paper presents the results of an international multi-disciplinary research project on the measurement of food consumption in national household surveys. Food consumption data from household surveys are possibly the single most important source of information on poverty, food security, and nutrition outcomes at national, sub-national and household level, and contribute building blocks to global efforts to monitor progress towards the major international development goals. The paper synthesizes case studies from a diverse set of developing and OECD countries, looking at some of the main outstanding research issues as identified by a recent international assessment of 100 existing national household surveys (Smith et al., 2014). The project mobilized expertise from different disciplines (statistics, economics, food security, nutrition) to work towards enhancing our understanding of how to improve the quality and availability of food consumption and expenditure data, while making them more valuable for a diverse set of users. The individual studies summarized in this paper analyze, both theoretically and empirically, how different surveys design options affect the quality of the data being collected and, in turn, the implications for statistical inference and policy analysis. The conclusions and recommendations derived from this collection of studies will be instrumental in advancing the methodological agenda for the collection of household level food data, and will provide national statistical offices and survey practitioners worldwide with practical insights for survey design, while providing poverty, food and nutrition policymakers with greater understanding of these issues, as well as improved tools for and better guidance in policy formulation. 2018-01-26T22:02:15Z 2018-01-26T22:02:15Z 2017-10 Journal Article Food Policy 0306-9192 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29240 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank Elsevier Publications & Research :: Journal Article Publications & Research
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topic	FOOD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN
spellingShingle	FOOD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN Zezza, Alberto Carletto, Calogero Fiedler, John L. Gennari, Pietro Jolliffe, Dean Food Counts - Measuring Food Consumption and Expenditures in Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys : Introduction to the Special Issue
description	This introductory paper presents the results of an international multi-disciplinary research project on the measurement of food consumption in national household surveys. Food consumption data from household surveys are possibly the single most important source of information on poverty, food security, and nutrition outcomes at national, sub-national and household level, and contribute building blocks to global efforts to monitor progress towards the major international development goals. The paper synthesizes case studies from a diverse set of developing and OECD countries, looking at some of the main outstanding research issues as identified by a recent international assessment of 100 existing national household surveys (Smith et al., 2014). The project mobilized expertise from different disciplines (statistics, economics, food security, nutrition) to work towards enhancing our understanding of how to improve the quality and availability of food consumption and expenditure data, while making them more valuable for a diverse set of users. The individual studies summarized in this paper analyze, both theoretically and empirically, how different surveys design options affect the quality of the data being collected and, in turn, the implications for statistical inference and policy analysis. The conclusions and recommendations derived from this collection of studies will be instrumental in advancing the methodological agenda for the collection of household level food data, and will provide national statistical offices and survey practitioners worldwide with practical insights for survey design, while providing poverty, food and nutrition policymakers with greater understanding of these issues, as well as improved tools for and better guidance in policy formulation.
format	Journal Article
author	Zezza, Alberto Carletto, Calogero Fiedler, John L. Gennari, Pietro Jolliffe, Dean
author_facet	Zezza, Alberto Carletto, Calogero Fiedler, John L. Gennari, Pietro Jolliffe, Dean
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title	Food Counts - Measuring Food Consumption and Expenditures in Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys : Introduction to the Special Issue
title_short	Food Counts - Measuring Food Consumption and Expenditures in Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys : Introduction to the Special Issue
title_full	Food Counts - Measuring Food Consumption and Expenditures in Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys : Introduction to the Special Issue
title_fullStr	Food Counts - Measuring Food Consumption and Expenditures in Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys : Introduction to the Special Issue
title_full_unstemmed	Food Counts - Measuring Food Consumption and Expenditures in Household Consumption and Expenditure Surveys : Introduction to the Special Issue
title_sort	food counts - measuring food consumption and expenditures in household consumption and expenditure surveys : introduction to the special issue
publisher	Elsevier
publishDate	2018
url	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/29240
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