Table 2.
Comparison of the severity parameters from the raw summative score of the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA) scale between the Mexican National Health and Nutrition Survey (ENSANUT) 2018 and the three ENCOVID-19 surveys from April, May and June 2020
| Score | ENSANUT 2018 | ENCOVID-19 April | ENCOVID-19 May | ENCOVID-19 June | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severity | SE | Severity | SE | Severity | SE | Severity | SE | |
| 0 | –4·106 | 1·601 | –3·589 | 1·577 | –3·363 | 1·601 | –3·187 | 1·552 |
| 1 | –3·076 | 1·252 | –2·654 | 1·218 | –2·386 | 1·239 | –2·273 | 1·180 |
| 2 | –1·779 | 1·058 | –1·500 | 0·973 | –1·213 | 0·966 | –1·209 | 0·941 |
| 3 | –0·875 | 1·001 | –0·656 | 0·877 | –0·399 | 0·850 | –0·429 | 0·848 |
| 4 | 0·178 | 0·942 | 0·080 | 0·842 | 0·275 | 0·809 | 0·254 | 0·814 |
| 5 | 1·026 | 0·907 | 0·788 | 0·846 | 0·933 | 0·817 | 0·936 | 0·823 |
| 6 | 1·815 | 0·935 | 1·544 | 0·908 | 1·648 | 0·887 | 1·631 | 0·888 |
| 7 | 2·889 | 1·144 | 2·539 | 1·132 | 2·613 | 1·120 | 2·624 | 1·123 |
| 8 | 3·736 | 1·601 | 3·368 | 1·577 | 3·429 | 1·601 | 3·437 | 1·552 |
Rasch models estimated with household-level sampling weights.