The influence of item order of the Household Food Security Survey Module on the assessment of food insecurity in households with children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Changes in the item order of the US Household Food Security Survey Module (USHFSSM) were performed throughout time. This study aimed to compare the psychometric properties of the general and specific factors of the 2000 and 2012 versions of the USHFSSM to measure the construct of food insecurity in two Portuguese samples of households with children.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting

Portugal.

Participants

An adaptation of the 2000 version was applied to 839 adults (from households with children aged 7-17 years) from the National Food, Nutrition and Physical Activity Survey 2015-2016, while the 2012 version was used among 2855 families from the Generation XXI birth cohort.

Results

The 2000 version showed to have a stronger ωh than the 2012 version

SUBMITTER: Maia I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9991806 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature