Family policy and food insecurity: an observational analysis in 142 countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Levels of child malnutrition and hunger across the world have decreased substantially over the past century, and this has had an important role in reducing mortality and improving health. However, progress has stalled. We examined whether family policies (eg, cash transfers from governments that aim to support households with children) are associated with reduced food insecurity.

Methods

In this observational analysis, we used a dataset of individual-level data that captured experience-based measures of food insecurity and sociodemographic characteristics collected by the Gallup World Poll in 142 countries for 2014-17. We then combined this dataset with indicators of the type and generosity of family policies in these countries, taken from the University of Califo

SUBMITTER: Reeves A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8374132 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature