Research Article

Determining Food Insecurity: An Application of the Rasch Model with Household Survey Data in Uganda

Table 1

Study variables and descriptions.

VariableVariable description

E1. We worried whether our food would run out before we got money to buy more.

E2.The food that we harvested or bought just didn’t last, and we didn’t have money to get more.

E3.We couldn’t afford to eat balanced meals.

E4.We relied on only a few kinds of low-cost food to feed our child/children because we were running out of food and money to buy food.

E5.We couldn’t feed our child/the children a balanced meal, because we couldn’t afford that.

E6.Our child was/children were not eating enough because we just couldn’t afford enough food.

E7Did you/or [sic] other adults in your household ever cut the size of your meals or skip meals because there wasn’t enough food or money for food?

E8. If Yes to E7, how often did this happen?

E9.Did you ever eat less than you felt you should because there wasn’t enough money to buy food?

E10.Were you every [sic] hungry but didn’t eat because you couldn’t afford enough food?

E11.Did you lose weight because you didn’t have enough money for food?

E12.Did (you/you [sic] or other adults in your household) ever not eat for a whole day because there wasn’t enough food or money for food?

E13. If Yes to E12, how often?

E14Did you ever cut the size of (your child's/any of the children's) meals because there wasn’t enough food or money for food?

E15.Did any of the children ever skip meals because there wasn’t enough food or money for food?

E16.If yes to E15, how often did it happen?

E17.Was your child/were the children ever hungry but you just couldn’t afford more food?

E18.Did your child/any of the children ever not eat for a whole day because there wasn’t enough money for food?