Shorter, Cheaper, Quicker, Better : Linking Measures of Household Food Security to Nutritional Outcomes in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Uganda, and Tanzania

Using nationally representative household survey data from five countries -- three from South Asia (Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal) and two from Sub-Saharan Africa (Tanzania and Uganda) -- this paper conducts a systematic assessment of the correlation between various measures of household food security and nutritional outcomes of children. The analysis, following the universally accepted and applied definition of food security, is based on some of the most commonly used indicators of food security. The results show that the various measures of household food security do appear to carry significant signals about the nutritional status of children that reside within the household. This result holds even after the analysis controls for a wide array of other socio-economic characteristics of the households that are generally also thought to be associated with the quality of child nutrition. If using these food security indicators as proxy measures for the underlying nutritional status of children is of some interest, then the results show that simple, cost-effective, and easy-to-collect measures, such as the food consumption score or the dietary diversity score, may carry at least as much information as other measures, such as per capita expenditure or the starchy staple ratio, which require longer and costlier surveys with detailed food consumption modules. Across five different countries in South Asia and Africa, the results suggest that the food consumption score, in particular, performs extremely well in comparison with all other measures from the perspective of nutritional targeting as well as for monitoring nutritional outcomes.

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Main Authors: Sherpa, Maya, Tiwari, Sailesh, Skoufias, Emmanuel
Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-08
Subjects:AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS, AGRICULTURAL INCOMES, AGRICULTURAL SECTOR, AGRICULTURE, BEEF, BREAD, BREASTFEEDING, BUTTER, CALORIC INTAKE, CALORIE AVAILABILITY, CALORIE INTAKE, CASSAVA, CENTRAL REGIONS, CEREALS, CHILD MALNUTRITION, CHILD NUTRITION, CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS, CHRONIC HUNGER, CHRONIC MALNUTRITION, CHRONIC POVERTY, CLEAN DRINKING WATER, COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT, CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA, COST-EFFECTIVENESS, CROP DIVERSIFICATION, DAILY CALORIES, DAIRY, DIARRHEA, DIETARY DIVERSITY, DIETARY PATTERNS, DIRECT TRANSFERS, DRINKING WATER, ECONOMIC SHOCKS, EGGS, ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS, FATS, FOOD ACCESS, FOOD AVAILABILITY, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS, FOOD EXPENDITURE, FOOD EXPENDITURES, FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS, FOOD INSECURITY, FOOD INTAKE, FOOD POVERTY, FOOD POVERTY LINE, FOOD PREFERENCES, FOOD PRICE, FOOD PRICES, FOOD QUALITY, FOOD REQUIREMENTS, FOOD SECURITY INDICATORS, FOOD SECURITY STATUS, FOOD SHARE, FOODS, FRUIT, FRUITS, GRAINS, HONEY, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD FOOD, HOUSEHOLD FOOD ALLOCATION, HOUSEHOLD FOOD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY, HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HUMAN RIGHTS, HUNGER, IFPRI, INCOME SHOCK, LEGUMES, LIVING STANDARDS, MAIZE, MALNOURISHED CHILDREN, MEAL, MEAT, MEATS, MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES, MICRONUTRIENTS, MILK, NUTRIENT, NUTRIENTS, NUTRITION POLICY, NUTRITION SECURITY, NUTRITION SURVEILLANCE, NUTRITIONAL NEEDS, NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES, NUTRITIONAL SECURITY, NUTRITIONAL STATUS, NUTRITIONAL VALUE, NUTRITIOUS FOOD, PEANUTS, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, POOR AREAS, PORK, POTATOES, POVERTY LINE, POVERTY REDUCTION, PROTEIN, PROTEIN CONTENT, PULSES, QUALITY OF DIET, REGIONAL PATTERNS, RICE, SAFETY NET, SAFETY NETS, SANITATION, SEAFOOD, SORGHUM, SPICES, SUBSISTENCE, SUGAR, SUGAR PRODUCTS, SWEET POTATOES, TEA, TUBERS, UNDERNUTRITION, VEGETABLES, VITAMIN, VITAMIN A, WFP, WHEAT, WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME, WORLD FOOD SUMMIT,
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topic AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
BEEF
BREAD
BREASTFEEDING
BUTTER
CALORIC INTAKE
CALORIE AVAILABILITY
CALORIE INTAKE
CASSAVA
CENTRAL REGIONS
CEREALS
CHILD MALNUTRITION
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS
CHRONIC HUNGER
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CHRONIC POVERTY
CLEAN DRINKING WATER
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
COST-EFFECTIVENESS
CROP DIVERSIFICATION
DAILY CALORIES
DAIRY
DIARRHEA
DIETARY DIVERSITY
DIETARY PATTERNS
DIRECT TRANSFERS
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EGGS
ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS
FATS
FOOD ACCESS
FOOD AVAILABILITY
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
FOOD EXPENDITURE
FOOD EXPENDITURES
FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD INTAKE
FOOD POVERTY
FOOD POVERTY LINE
FOOD PREFERENCES
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOOD QUALITY
FOOD REQUIREMENTS
FOOD SECURITY INDICATORS
FOOD SECURITY STATUS
FOOD SHARE
FOODS
FRUIT
FRUITS
GRAINS
HONEY
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD FOOD
HOUSEHOLD FOOD ALLOCATION
HOUSEHOLD FOOD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY
HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUNGER
IFPRI
INCOME SHOCK
LEGUMES
LIVING STANDARDS
MAIZE
MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
MEAL
MEAT
MEATS
MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES
MICRONUTRIENTS
MILK
NUTRIENT
NUTRIENTS
NUTRITION POLICY
NUTRITION SECURITY
NUTRITION SURVEILLANCE
NUTRITIONAL NEEDS
NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES
NUTRITIONAL SECURITY
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
NUTRITIONAL VALUE
NUTRITIOUS FOOD
PEANUTS
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POOR AREAS
PORK
POTATOES
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROTEIN
PROTEIN CONTENT
PULSES
QUALITY OF DIET
REGIONAL PATTERNS
RICE
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NETS
SANITATION
SEAFOOD
SORGHUM
SPICES
SUBSISTENCE
SUGAR
SUGAR PRODUCTS
SWEET POTATOES
TEA
TUBERS
UNDERNUTRITION
VEGETABLES
VITAMIN
VITAMIN A
WFP
WHEAT
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
BEEF
BREAD
BREASTFEEDING
BUTTER
CALORIC INTAKE
CALORIE AVAILABILITY
CALORIE INTAKE
CASSAVA
CENTRAL REGIONS
CEREALS
CHILD MALNUTRITION
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS
CHRONIC HUNGER
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CHRONIC POVERTY
CLEAN DRINKING WATER
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
COST-EFFECTIVENESS
CROP DIVERSIFICATION
DAILY CALORIES
DAIRY
DIARRHEA
DIETARY DIVERSITY
DIETARY PATTERNS
DIRECT TRANSFERS
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EGGS
ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS
FATS
FOOD ACCESS
FOOD AVAILABILITY
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
FOOD EXPENDITURE
FOOD EXPENDITURES
FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD INTAKE
FOOD POVERTY
FOOD POVERTY LINE
FOOD PREFERENCES
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOOD QUALITY
FOOD REQUIREMENTS
FOOD SECURITY INDICATORS
FOOD SECURITY STATUS
FOOD SHARE
FOODS
FRUIT
FRUITS
GRAINS
HONEY
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD FOOD
HOUSEHOLD FOOD ALLOCATION
HOUSEHOLD FOOD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY
HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUNGER
IFPRI
INCOME SHOCK
LEGUMES
LIVING STANDARDS
MAIZE
MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
MEAL
MEAT
MEATS
MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES
MICRONUTRIENTS
MILK
NUTRIENT
NUTRIENTS
NUTRITION POLICY
NUTRITION SECURITY
NUTRITION SURVEILLANCE
NUTRITIONAL NEEDS
NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES
NUTRITIONAL SECURITY
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
NUTRITIONAL VALUE
NUTRITIOUS FOOD
PEANUTS
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POOR AREAS
PORK
POTATOES
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROTEIN
PROTEIN CONTENT
PULSES
QUALITY OF DIET
REGIONAL PATTERNS
RICE
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NETS
SANITATION
SEAFOOD
SORGHUM
SPICES
SUBSISTENCE
SUGAR
SUGAR PRODUCTS
SWEET POTATOES
TEA
TUBERS
UNDERNUTRITION
VEGETABLES
VITAMIN
VITAMIN A
WFP
WHEAT
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT
spellingShingle AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
BEEF
BREAD
BREASTFEEDING
BUTTER
CALORIC INTAKE
CALORIE AVAILABILITY
CALORIE INTAKE
CASSAVA
CENTRAL REGIONS
CEREALS
CHILD MALNUTRITION
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS
CHRONIC HUNGER
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CHRONIC POVERTY
CLEAN DRINKING WATER
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
COST-EFFECTIVENESS
CROP DIVERSIFICATION
DAILY CALORIES
DAIRY
DIARRHEA
DIETARY DIVERSITY
DIETARY PATTERNS
DIRECT TRANSFERS
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EGGS
ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS
FATS
FOOD ACCESS
FOOD AVAILABILITY
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
FOOD EXPENDITURE
FOOD EXPENDITURES
FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD INTAKE
FOOD POVERTY
FOOD POVERTY LINE
FOOD PREFERENCES
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOOD QUALITY
FOOD REQUIREMENTS
FOOD SECURITY INDICATORS
FOOD SECURITY STATUS
FOOD SHARE
FOODS
FRUIT
FRUITS
GRAINS
HONEY
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD FOOD
HOUSEHOLD FOOD ALLOCATION
HOUSEHOLD FOOD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY
HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUNGER
IFPRI
INCOME SHOCK
LEGUMES
LIVING STANDARDS
MAIZE
MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
MEAL
MEAT
MEATS
MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES
MICRONUTRIENTS
MILK
NUTRIENT
NUTRIENTS
NUTRITION POLICY
NUTRITION SECURITY
NUTRITION SURVEILLANCE
NUTRITIONAL NEEDS
NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES
NUTRITIONAL SECURITY
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
NUTRITIONAL VALUE
NUTRITIOUS FOOD
PEANUTS
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POOR AREAS
PORK
POTATOES
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROTEIN
PROTEIN CONTENT
PULSES
QUALITY OF DIET
REGIONAL PATTERNS
RICE
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NETS
SANITATION
SEAFOOD
SORGHUM
SPICES
SUBSISTENCE
SUGAR
SUGAR PRODUCTS
SWEET POTATOES
TEA
TUBERS
UNDERNUTRITION
VEGETABLES
VITAMIN
VITAMIN A
WFP
WHEAT
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT
AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
BEEF
BREAD
BREASTFEEDING
BUTTER
CALORIC INTAKE
CALORIE AVAILABILITY
CALORIE INTAKE
CASSAVA
CENTRAL REGIONS
CEREALS
CHILD MALNUTRITION
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS
CHRONIC HUNGER
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CHRONIC POVERTY
CLEAN DRINKING WATER
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
COST-EFFECTIVENESS
CROP DIVERSIFICATION
DAILY CALORIES
DAIRY
DIARRHEA
DIETARY DIVERSITY
DIETARY PATTERNS
DIRECT TRANSFERS
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EGGS
ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS
FATS
FOOD ACCESS
FOOD AVAILABILITY
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
FOOD EXPENDITURE
FOOD EXPENDITURES
FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD INTAKE
FOOD POVERTY
FOOD POVERTY LINE
FOOD PREFERENCES
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOOD QUALITY
FOOD REQUIREMENTS
FOOD SECURITY INDICATORS
FOOD SECURITY STATUS
FOOD SHARE
FOODS
FRUIT
FRUITS
GRAINS
HONEY
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD FOOD
HOUSEHOLD FOOD ALLOCATION
HOUSEHOLD FOOD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY
HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUNGER
IFPRI
INCOME SHOCK
LEGUMES
LIVING STANDARDS
MAIZE
MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
MEAL
MEAT
MEATS
MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES
MICRONUTRIENTS
MILK
NUTRIENT
NUTRIENTS
NUTRITION POLICY
NUTRITION SECURITY
NUTRITION SURVEILLANCE
NUTRITIONAL NEEDS
NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES
NUTRITIONAL SECURITY
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
NUTRITIONAL VALUE
NUTRITIOUS FOOD
PEANUTS
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POOR AREAS
PORK
POTATOES
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROTEIN
PROTEIN CONTENT
PULSES
QUALITY OF DIET
REGIONAL PATTERNS
RICE
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NETS
SANITATION
SEAFOOD
SORGHUM
SPICES
SUBSISTENCE
SUGAR
SUGAR PRODUCTS
SWEET POTATOES
TEA
TUBERS
UNDERNUTRITION
VEGETABLES
VITAMIN
VITAMIN A
WFP
WHEAT
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT
Sherpa, Maya
Tiwari, Sailesh
Skoufias, Emmanuel
Shorter, Cheaper, Quicker, Better : Linking Measures of Household Food Security to Nutritional Outcomes in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Uganda, and Tanzania
description Using nationally representative household survey data from five countries -- three from South Asia (Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal) and two from Sub-Saharan Africa (Tanzania and Uganda) -- this paper conducts a systematic assessment of the correlation between various measures of household food security and nutritional outcomes of children. The analysis, following the universally accepted and applied definition of food security, is based on some of the most commonly used indicators of food security. The results show that the various measures of household food security do appear to carry significant signals about the nutritional status of children that reside within the household. This result holds even after the analysis controls for a wide array of other socio-economic characteristics of the households that are generally also thought to be associated with the quality of child nutrition. If using these food security indicators as proxy measures for the underlying nutritional status of children is of some interest, then the results show that simple, cost-effective, and easy-to-collect measures, such as the food consumption score or the dietary diversity score, may carry at least as much information as other measures, such as per capita expenditure or the starchy staple ratio, which require longer and costlier surveys with detailed food consumption modules. Across five different countries in South Asia and Africa, the results suggest that the food consumption score, in particular, performs extremely well in comparison with all other measures from the perspective of nutritional targeting as well as for monitoring nutritional outcomes.
topic_facet AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS
AGRICULTURAL INCOMES
AGRICULTURAL SECTOR
AGRICULTURE
BEEF
BREAD
BREASTFEEDING
BUTTER
CALORIC INTAKE
CALORIE AVAILABILITY
CALORIE INTAKE
CASSAVA
CENTRAL REGIONS
CEREALS
CHILD MALNUTRITION
CHILD NUTRITION
CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS
CHRONIC HUNGER
CHRONIC MALNUTRITION
CHRONIC POVERTY
CLEAN DRINKING WATER
COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT
CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA
COST-EFFECTIVENESS
CROP DIVERSIFICATION
DAILY CALORIES
DAIRY
DIARRHEA
DIETARY DIVERSITY
DIETARY PATTERNS
DIRECT TRANSFERS
DRINKING WATER
ECONOMIC SHOCKS
EGGS
ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS
FATS
FOOD ACCESS
FOOD AVAILABILITY
FOOD CONSUMPTION
FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS
FOOD EXPENDITURE
FOOD EXPENDITURES
FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS
FOOD INSECURITY
FOOD INTAKE
FOOD POVERTY
FOOD POVERTY LINE
FOOD PREFERENCES
FOOD PRICE
FOOD PRICES
FOOD QUALITY
FOOD REQUIREMENTS
FOOD SECURITY INDICATORS
FOOD SECURITY STATUS
FOOD SHARE
FOODS
FRUIT
FRUITS
GRAINS
HONEY
HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD FOOD
HOUSEHOLD FOOD ALLOCATION
HOUSEHOLD FOOD CONSUMPTION
HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY
HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY
HOUSEHOLD LEVEL
HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY
HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
HUMAN RIGHTS
HUNGER
IFPRI
INCOME SHOCK
LEGUMES
LIVING STANDARDS
MAIZE
MALNOURISHED CHILDREN
MEAL
MEAT
MEATS
MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES
MICRONUTRIENTS
MILK
NUTRIENT
NUTRIENTS
NUTRITION POLICY
NUTRITION SECURITY
NUTRITION SURVEILLANCE
NUTRITIONAL NEEDS
NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES
NUTRITIONAL SECURITY
NUTRITIONAL STATUS
NUTRITIONAL VALUE
NUTRITIOUS FOOD
PEANUTS
PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION
POOR AREAS
PORK
POTATOES
POVERTY LINE
POVERTY REDUCTION
PROTEIN
PROTEIN CONTENT
PULSES
QUALITY OF DIET
REGIONAL PATTERNS
RICE
SAFETY NET
SAFETY NETS
SANITATION
SEAFOOD
SORGHUM
SPICES
SUBSISTENCE
SUGAR
SUGAR PRODUCTS
SWEET POTATOES
TEA
TUBERS
UNDERNUTRITION
VEGETABLES
VITAMIN
VITAMIN A
WFP
WHEAT
WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME
WORLD FOOD SUMMIT
author Sherpa, Maya
Tiwari, Sailesh
Skoufias, Emmanuel
author_facet Sherpa, Maya
Tiwari, Sailesh
Skoufias, Emmanuel
author_sort Sherpa, Maya
title Shorter, Cheaper, Quicker, Better : Linking Measures of Household Food Security to Nutritional Outcomes in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Uganda, and Tanzania
title_short Shorter, Cheaper, Quicker, Better : Linking Measures of Household Food Security to Nutritional Outcomes in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Uganda, and Tanzania
title_full Shorter, Cheaper, Quicker, Better : Linking Measures of Household Food Security to Nutritional Outcomes in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Uganda, and Tanzania
title_fullStr Shorter, Cheaper, Quicker, Better : Linking Measures of Household Food Security to Nutritional Outcomes in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Uganda, and Tanzania
title_full_unstemmed Shorter, Cheaper, Quicker, Better : Linking Measures of Household Food Security to Nutritional Outcomes in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Uganda, and Tanzania
title_sort shorter, cheaper, quicker, better : linking measures of household food security to nutritional outcomes in bangladesh, nepal, pakistan, uganda, and tanzania
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2013-08
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18144818/shorter-cheaper-quicker-better-linking-measures-household-food-security-nutritional-outcomes-bangladesh-nepal-pakistan-uganda-tanzania
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16017
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AT skoufiasemmanuel shortercheaperquickerbetterlinkingmeasuresofhouseholdfoodsecuritytonutritionaloutcomesinbangladeshnepalpakistanugandaandtanzania
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spelling dig-okr-10986160172024-08-08T14:20:32Z Shorter, Cheaper, Quicker, Better : Linking Measures of Household Food Security to Nutritional Outcomes in Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Uganda, and Tanzania Sherpa, Maya Tiwari, Sailesh Skoufias, Emmanuel AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AGRICULTURAL INCOMES AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURE BEEF BREAD BREASTFEEDING BUTTER CALORIC INTAKE CALORIE AVAILABILITY CALORIE INTAKE CASSAVA CENTRAL REGIONS CEREALS CHILD MALNUTRITION CHILD NUTRITION CHILD NUTRITIONAL STATUS CHRONIC HUNGER CHRONIC MALNUTRITION CHRONIC POVERTY CLEAN DRINKING WATER COGNITIVE DEVELOPMENT CONSUMPTION PER CAPITA COST-EFFECTIVENESS CROP DIVERSIFICATION DAILY CALORIES DAIRY DIARRHEA DIETARY DIVERSITY DIETARY PATTERNS DIRECT TRANSFERS DRINKING WATER ECONOMIC SHOCKS EGGS ESSENTIAL NUTRIENTS FATS FOOD ACCESS FOOD AVAILABILITY FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD CONSUMPTION PATTERNS FOOD EXPENDITURE FOOD EXPENDITURES FOOD INSECURE HOUSEHOLDS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD INTAKE FOOD POVERTY FOOD POVERTY LINE FOOD PREFERENCES FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD QUALITY FOOD REQUIREMENTS FOOD SECURITY INDICATORS FOOD SECURITY STATUS FOOD SHARE FOODS FRUIT FRUITS GRAINS HONEY HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD FOOD HOUSEHOLD FOOD ALLOCATION HOUSEHOLD FOOD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD FOOD INSECURITY HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD LIVING STANDARDS HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN RIGHTS HUNGER IFPRI INCOME SHOCK LEGUMES LIVING STANDARDS MAIZE MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MEAL MEAT MEATS MICRONUTRIENT DEFICIENCIES MICRONUTRIENTS MILK NUTRIENT NUTRIENTS NUTRITION POLICY NUTRITION SECURITY NUTRITION SURVEILLANCE NUTRITIONAL NEEDS NUTRITIONAL OUTCOMES NUTRITIONAL SECURITY NUTRITIONAL STATUS NUTRITIONAL VALUE NUTRITIOUS FOOD PEANUTS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POOR AREAS PORK POTATOES POVERTY LINE POVERTY REDUCTION PROTEIN PROTEIN CONTENT PULSES QUALITY OF DIET REGIONAL PATTERNS RICE SAFETY NET SAFETY NETS SANITATION SEAFOOD SORGHUM SPICES SUBSISTENCE SUGAR SUGAR PRODUCTS SWEET POTATOES TEA TUBERS UNDERNUTRITION VEGETABLES VITAMIN VITAMIN A WFP WHEAT WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME WORLD FOOD SUMMIT Using nationally representative household survey data from five countries -- three from South Asia (Bangladesh, Pakistan, and Nepal) and two from Sub-Saharan Africa (Tanzania and Uganda) -- this paper conducts a systematic assessment of the correlation between various measures of household food security and nutritional outcomes of children. The analysis, following the universally accepted and applied definition of food security, is based on some of the most commonly used indicators of food security. The results show that the various measures of household food security do appear to carry significant signals about the nutritional status of children that reside within the household. This result holds even after the analysis controls for a wide array of other socio-economic characteristics of the households that are generally also thought to be associated with the quality of child nutrition. If using these food security indicators as proxy measures for the underlying nutritional status of children is of some interest, then the results show that simple, cost-effective, and easy-to-collect measures, such as the food consumption score or the dietary diversity score, may carry at least as much information as other measures, such as per capita expenditure or the starchy staple ratio, which require longer and costlier surveys with detailed food consumption modules. Across five different countries in South Asia and Africa, the results suggest that the food consumption score, in particular, performs extremely well in comparison with all other measures from the perspective of nutritional targeting as well as for monitoring nutritional outcomes. 2013-10-02T17:14:02Z 2013-10-02T17:14:02Z 2013-08 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/08/18144818/shorter-cheaper-quicker-better-linking-measures-household-food-security-nutritional-outcomes-bangladesh-nepal-pakistan-uganda-tanzania https://hdl.handle.net/10986/16017 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 6584 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank application/pdf text/plain World Bank, Washington, DC