MDA_2020_FIES_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
DDI_MDA_2020_FIES_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_FAO
Office of the Chief Statistician
Nesstar Publisher
MDA_2020_FIES_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS_v01
Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)
FIES
MDA_2020_FIES_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS
FAO Statistics Division
Nesstar Publisher
FAO Statistics Division
Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey [hh/sems]
Food Insecurity
SDG
SDGs
Food Access
Republic of Moldova
National
Individuals
Individuals of 15 years or older with access to landline and/or mobile phones.
Sample survey data [ssd]
Last 12 months.
Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati]
The sample data was weighted to minimize bias in survey-based estimates. The weighting procedure was formulated based on the sample design and was carried out in multiple stages. A probability weight factor (base weight) was constructed to account for selection of telephone numbers from the respective frames and correct for unequal selection probabilities as a result of selecting one adult in landline households and for dual-users coming from both the landline and mobile frame. At the next step, the base weights were post-stratified to adjust for non-response and to match the weighted sample totals to known target population totals obtained from country level census data.
Statistical validation assesses the quality of the FIES data collected by testing their consistency with the assumptions of the Rasch model. This analysis involves the interpretation of several statistics that reveal 1) items that do not perform well in a given context, 2) cases with highly erratic response patterns, 3) pairs of items that may be redundant, and 4) the proportion of total variance in the population that is accounted for by the measurement model.
As part of the statistical disclosure control process, values for number of children and number of adults that were 10 or above, were recoded as "10+" and categories for area were combined into "urban/suburbs" and "towns/rural".
The users shall not take any action with the purpose of identifying any individual entity (i.e. person, household, enterprise, etc.) in the micro dataset(s). If such a disclosure is made inadvertently, no use will be made of the information, and it will be reported immediately to FAO.
The user of the data acknowledges that the original collector of the data, the authorized distributor of the data, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for use of the data or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.
MDA_2020_FIES_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS.NSDstat
This dataset contains the variables used to calculate the FIES-based indicator, deomographic variables and some derived variables calculated by FAO from the survey.
1000
23
Nesstar 200801
Unique respondent identifier
1000
0
111269276
210916825
161120689.253
29567828.061
Worried you would not have enough food to eat because of a lack of money or other resources
996
4
0
No
619
1
Yes
377
Sysmiss
4
Unable to eat healthy and nutritious food because of a lack of money or other resources
992
8
0
No
709
1
Yes
283
Sysmiss
8
Ate only a few kinds of foods because of a lack of money or other resources
990
10
0
No
612
1
Yes
378
Sysmiss
10
Skipped a meal because there was not enough money or other resources to get food
996
4
0
No
775
1
Yes
221
Sysmiss
4
Ate less than you thought you should because of a lack of money or other resources
997
3
0
No
771
1
Yes
226
Sysmiss
3
Household ran out of food because of a lack of money or other resources
998
2
0
No
822
1
Yes
176
Sysmiss
2
Hungry but did not eat because there was not enough money or other resources for food?
994
6
0
No
876
1
Yes
118
Sysmiss
6
Went without eating for a whole day because of a lack of money or other resources?
998
2
0
No
923
1
Yes
75
Sysmiss
2
Post-stratification sampling weights
1000
0
0.237
2.682
1
0.795
Year when the study was administered in the country
1000
0
1
2020
1000
Sysmiss
0
Number of adults 15 years of age and above in household
989
11
01
01
175
02
02
429
03
03
217
04
04
123
05
05
27
06
06
11
07
07
3
09
09
1
10
10+
3
Sysmiss
11
Number of children under 15 years of age in household
991
9
00
00
511
01
01
225
02
02
195
03
03
44
04
04
7
05
05
3
06
06
5
08
08
1
Sysmiss
9
Sum of Affirmative responses to FIES questions
1000
0
0
8
1.854
2.309
Estimated person parameters using the Rasch model
1000
0
-2.734
2.898
-1.455
1.569
Estimated person parameter errors using the Rasch model
1000
0
0.684
1.275
1.029
0.247
Probability of being moderately or severely food insecure
1000
0
0
0.994
0.245
0.359
Probability of being severely food insecure
1000
0
0
0.789
0.052
0.163
Age of the respondent
1000
0
15
85
39.941
15.235
Education of the respondent
1000
0
1
Elementary_or_less
63
2
Secondary
544
3
College
387
4
Dont_know
6
5
Refused
0
Sysmiss
0
Area
1000
0
1
Urban/Suburbs
462
2
Towns/Rural
538
3
Dont_know
0
4
Refused
0
Sysmiss
0
Gender of the respondent
1000
0
1
Male
442
2
Female
558
Sysmiss
0
Income quintile
1000
0
1
Poorest_20%
157
2
Second_20%
168
3
Middle_20%
200
4
Fourth_20%
234
5
Richest_20%
241
Sysmiss
0