Table 3.
Measures of food insecurity identified in this review, and frequency of use in the different studies.
| # | % | |
|---|---|---|
| 18 item USDA HFSSM | 58 | 38.9 |
| 6-item USDA HFSSM | 34 | 22.8 |
| 10 item USDA HFSSM/AFSSM | 15 | 10.1 |
| FIES | 12 | 8.1 |
| HFIAS | 4 | 2.7 |
| Single-item Food Insecurity question from NSW Population Health Survey | 3 | 2.0 |
| 9-item USDA Child Food Security Survey Module (CFSSM) | 2 | 1.3 |
| Brazilian Food Insecurity Scale | 2 | 1.3 |
| European Quality of Life Survey item ‘could your household afford a meal with meat, chicken or fish every second day if you wanted it?’ | 2 | 1.3 |
| Radimer/Cornell Hunger and Food Insecurity Scale | 2 | 1.3 |
| 2-item Food Insecurity Screening Questions (Hager et al., 2010) | 2 | 1.3 |
| 2005 Oregon PRAMS single-item Food Insecurity Measure | 1 | 0.7 |
| 8-item New Zealand Household Food Insecurity Measurement Tool | 1 | 0.7 |
| Ad hoc single item FI measure ENEP | 1 | 0.7 |
| Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement (CPS FSS), USDA | 1 | 0.7 |
| Food Insecurity Index (FII) | 1 | 0.7 |
| Food Security Survey Module (FSSM) | 1 | 0.7 |
| Healthy Diets ASAP | 1 | 0.7 |
| The Longitudinal and International Study of Adults (LISA): Food Security Module | 1 | 0.7 |
| Household Hunger Scale | 1 | 0.7 |
| Household Food and Nutrition Security Survey (HFNSS) | 1 | 0.7 |
| Girard four point tool | 1 | 0.7 |
| Kuyper past food insecurity | 1 | 0.7 |
| Townsend Food Behaviour Checklist | 1 | 0.7 |
Note. #: number of times the instrument appears in the literature reviewed.