Food insecurity in the U.S.: measurement and evaluation

Hamann, Angela N

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Title

Food insecurity in the U.S.: measurement and evaluation

Author(s)

Hamann, Angela N

Issue Date

2016-11-30

Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)

Gundersen, Craig

Committee Member(s)

• Ellison, Brenna
• Michelson, Hope

Department of Study

Agr & Consumer Economics

Discipline

Agricultural & Applied Econ

Degree Granting Institution

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Degree Name

M.S.

Degree Level

Thesis

Date of Ingest

2017-03-01T15:49:15Z

Keyword(s)

Food Insecurity

Abstract

Most food insecurity research within the United States has focused on the headcount ratio of food insecurity, whic is,the percentage of households that are considered food insecure. Although this measure is important, using this measurealone, ignores the variation within the food hardship being experienced by U.S. households. In 2008, Dr. CraigGundersen translated the Foster-Greer-Thorbecke income poverty index to measure the extent, depth, and severity offood insecurity. Within chapter 1 of this paper, I use the income poverty index literature to define axioms that anappropriate food insecurity index would need to satisfy in order to accurately measure the depth of food insecurity. Itranslate income poverty indices from Kakwani, Chakravarty, and Watts and then evaluate how these indices as wellas the one proposed by Dr. Gundersen measure food insecurity within the U.S.. Within chapter 2, I use the foodinsecurity index proposed by Dr. Gundersen to evaluate how Broad Based Categorical Eligibility, a change in SNAPeligibility policy affected U.S. food insecurity between 2001 and 2013.

Graduation Semester

2016-12

Type of Resource

text

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