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Implementing the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) in surveys

Year of publication 2019

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 4p.

Author FAO

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Brochure, flyer, fact-sheet

Edition 1

Synopsis (short abstract) Brief overview of steps needed to implement the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) in surveys: choice of survey vehicle; survey module; placement of the module in the questionnaire; translation and linguistic adoption; interviewer training; and pilot surveys.

Language English

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