Methodology for Large-Scale Surveys of Household and Individual Diets

Marguerite C. Burk and Eleanor M. Pao

No 386111, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: Excerpt from the Introduction: This report summarizes technical information relevant to planning large scale surveys of the food consumption of households and the food intakes of individuals from which detailed data on nutrient content can be calculated. It includes (l) specification of concepts of food consumption measured by several types of data; (2) brief descriptions of alternative procedures used to measure concepts just specified, including those used in the nationwide 1965-66 household food consumption survey and the spring 1965 survey of food intake of individuals; (3) identification of several problems in evaluating alternative survey methods; (4) statement of criteria to be used here in evaluating alternative methods; (5) a summary of research findings relevant to evaluating alternative ways of measuring household food consumption; and (6) a comparable summary for individual food surveys.

Keywords: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Research Research Methods/Statistical Methods (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 98
Date: 1976-11
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.386111

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