Davis, Will; Xilau, Jose O.; Tchernis, Rusty; Gregory, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
We propose a novel Bayesian Graded Response Model (BGRM) for food security measurement. Our BGRM has several attractive … features. It produces continuous food security estimates and measures of estimation uncertainty at the household level. Unlike … Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES), we estimate our BGRM for responses to the 10 adult core Food Security …