Scaling Household Nutrient Data

David Smallwood and James R. Blaylock

Journal of Agricultural Economics Research, 1984, vol. 36, issue 01, 11

Abstract: The validity of the assumptions underlying the 21-Meal-Nutritionally-EquivalentPerson (21-MNEP), an adjustment procedure employed In nutritional analyses of U S Department of Agriculture food consumption survey data, IS examined Some assumptions are inconsistent With actual nutrient Intake data This study proposes a less restrictive alternative, the Meal-Adjusted-Household-Nutrition-Scale (MAHNS), and applies It to data from the 1977-78 Nationwide Food Consumption Survey, Supplementary Low-Income Sample The two scaling procedures Yield similar results, a finding that indicates the simple scaling technique of the 21-MNEP performs as well as the more complex MAHNS

Keywords: Production Economics; Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1984
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.149057

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