Can the American Community Survey Provide New Insight into Household Food Security? An Illustration of Cross-Survey Multiple Imputation

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Examines how a cross-survey multiple imputation methodology with American Community Survey data can provide detailed food security information on smaller demographic groups and substate geographies. Compares the 2017–2019 American Community Survey and 2016–2019 Current Population Survey utilizing this methodology and discusses the importance of precision with small sample sizes.

Judith Bartfeld, Madeline Reed-Jones

Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy

05/2024

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Food security and nutrition · Research methods and resources · Statistics and data