I am planning to conduct a study aim on household expenditure on food security, which focus on how a household spend they monthly expenditure on food. either the food they consumed secured or not. also, the study will also relate to the chronic illnesses whereby, I will conduct an interview among household groups despite their household income. the question will involve on the information about how they spend on food, type of food, and do the family member have any illness/ chronic illness such as hypertension, diabetes and so on.
do dietary diversity scale suitable for this type of study or not?
Siti Fatimah Mohamed Noor Yes, HDDS indicator is used for such as survey or study to measure the type of food, consumption and access to the food through household or individual.
Correct... the HDDS indicator will be suitable for your study. Perhaps also include FCS to to capture an element of quantity as well.
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