Food Insecurity and Social Policy: A Comparative Analysis of Welfare State Regimes in 19 Countries.

ABSTRACT: We sought to determine whether a country's social policy configuration-its welfare state regime-is associated with food insecurity risk. We conducted a cross-sectional study of 2017 U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization individual-level food insecurity survey data from 19 countries (the most recent data available prior to COVID-19). Countries were categorized into three welfare state regimes: liberal (e.g., the United States), corporatist (e.g., Germany), or social democratic (e.g., Norway). Food insecurity probability, calibrated to an international reference standard, was calculated using a Rasch model. We used linear regression to compare food insecurity probability across regime types, adjusting for per-capita gross domestic product, age, gender, education, and household composition.

SUBMITTER: Berkowitz SA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10954393 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature