 Rasch analyses of the standardized Spanish translation of the U.S. household food security survey moduleMatthew Rabbitt and Alisha Coleman-Jensen () Journal of Economic and Social Measurement, 2017, issue 2, 171-187 Abstract: In this article we examine whether the implementation of a standardized Spanish-language Household Food Security Survey Module (HFSSM) affects comparisons of food insecurity measures between Hispanic and non-Hispanic White households. We find that some of the food insecurity items are measuring different levels of the severity of (latent) food insecurity between these groups, but that these differences are small. While differences in the measured severity of food insecurity between Hispanic and non-Hispanic White households were small, implementation of the standardized Spanish-HFSSM improved the reliability and performance of the food insecurity items. Concerns about the bias associated with differences in the measured severity of food insecurity between these groups were assessed and found to be negligible, suggesting the Spanish- and English-language HFSSMs produce comparable measures of food insecurity. Keywords: Food security; measurement; Rasch model; differential item functioning; Hispanics; Spanish (search for similar items in EconPapers) There are no downloads for this item, see the EconPapers FAQ for hints about obtaining it. Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ris:iosjes:0071 Access Statistics for this article Journal of Economic and Social Measurement is currently edited by Charles G. Renfro More articles in Journal of Economic and Social Measurement from IOS Press |
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