Food Insecurity Experience Scale

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The Food Insecurity Experience Scale is a globally used survey-based tool that measures people’s direct experiences of food access constraints to assess the severity and prevalence of food insecurity.


Statements (49)
Predicate Object
instanceOf experience-based food security scale
food insecurity measurement scale
statistical indicator methodology
survey instrument
abbreviation FIES
approach experience-based measurement
basedOn self-reported experiences
survey questions
classifies moderate food insecurity
severe food insecurity
dataType microdata
survey data
designedFor cross-country comparability
cultural adaptability
developedBy Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
focusesOn access dimension of food security
economic constraints to food access
physical constraints to food access
measures constraints on access to food
food insecurity
prevalence of food insecurity
severity of food insecurity
publisher Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
questionFormat experience recall questions
yes-or-no questions
relatedTo Household Food Insecurity Access Scale
SDG indicator 2.1.2
Sustainable Development Goal 2
requires item response theory modeling
statistical calibration
scope global
household
individual
national
timeReference last 12 months
usedBy Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
international organizations
national statistical offices
non-governmental organizations
researchers
usedFor SDG monitoring
global food security assessment
household food security assessment
individual food security assessment
international comparisons of food insecurity
monitoring food security
national food security assessment
policy analysis on food security
tracking progress toward Sustainable Development Goals

Referenced by (1)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World
usesIndicator

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