Food consumed outside the home in restaurants or other food establishments is a growing segment of consumption in many developing countries. However, the survey methods that are utilized to collect data on expenditures on food away from home are often simplistic and could potentially result in...

Background:Despite the ample interest in the measurement of substance abuse and dependence, obtaining biological samples from participants as a means to validate a scale is considered time and cost intensive and is, subsequently, largely overlooked.Objectives:To report the psychometric...

This dissertation addresses the measurement of occupation in surveys. Many surveys ask respondents about their occupation with open-ended questions. The verbal answers are typically coded after the interview into official classifications (e.g., the 2008 International Standard Classification of...