How well does the Food Consumption Score capture diet quantity, quality and adequacy across regions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)?

Marivoet, Wim; Becquey, Elodie; Van Campenhout, Bjorn

How well does the Food Consumption Score capture diet quantity, quality and adequacy across regions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)?

Autores

Marivoet, Wim

Becquey, Elodie

Van Campenhout, Bjorn

Editor

International Food Policy Research Institute

Descripción

This paper examined the ability of the FCS to capture variation in diet quantity and quality in different regions of the DRC; whether any change to the methodology of this food security indicator would structurally improve the correlation; and how well the WFP’s threshold reflects nutrient adequacy levels. For this validation study, we made use of 2004/5 HCES-DRC to derive the FCS and the benchmark variables against which the food proxy will be assessed.

Palabras clave

household consumption and expenditure surveys, nutrient intake, food access, nutrition, trace elements, food security, food consumption, food consumption statistics, diet