19 Food Security Section

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WESSQL300.MEPSFall2022

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This is the cover page. Additional contents currently project specific.

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MEPSFall2022

Food Security (FS) Section
(Rout

Full Detail Spec
BOX_00

(FS1000)

Type Class: If Then

01 Box = BOX_00, BOX_05, BOX_10, BOX_20, BOX_30
04 Single Select = FS20, FS30, FS40, FS50, FS70, FS80, FS90, FS100
19 Numeric Field = FS60, FS110
24 Information Screen = FS10

Route Details:

BOX_05

Item Type: Route

(FS1001)

Route Details:

Item Type: Route

Type Class: If Then

THE FS SECTION IS ONLY ASKED IN FALL ROUNDS (RndCycle=Fall). IF IT IS A
SPRING ROUND (RndCycle=Spring) CONTINUE TO THE NEXT SECTION
(EMPLOYMENT).
IF RESPONDENT IS A PROXY (ST.Respondent=RespProxy) OR IF CASE IS
FLAGGED AS A STUDENT RU, GO TO BOX_30.
OTHERWISE, CONTINUE WITH FS10.

FS10
Item Type:
Type Class:
Answer Type:
Help Available (

(FS1005)
Instruction
Enumerated

BLAISE NAME: FSIntro

TContinue
)

Field kind: Datafield
Answers allowed: 1
Show Card (

)

Look Up File (

Question Text:
These next questions are about whether you were always able to afford the food you needed in the last 30 days.
PRESS 1 AND ENTER TO CONTINUE.

Responses:

CONTINUE

1

Display
Instructions:

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FS20

(FS1010)

)

MEPSFall2022

Food Security (FS) Section
(Ques

Full Detail Spec
FS20
Item Type:
Type Class:
Answer Type:
Help Available (

(FS1010)
Question
Enumerated
THowTrue

BLAISE NAME: FoodRunOut
Field kind: Datafield

ArrayMin:

Min value:

Field Size:
Answers allowed: 1

ArrayMax:

Max value:

)

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)

Look Up File (

Question Text:
I’m going to read you several statements that people have made about their food situation.
For these statements, please tell me whether the statement was often true, sometimes true, or
never true for {you/your family} in the last 30 days.
“In the last 30 days, {I/we} worried whether {my/our} food would run out before {I/we} got money to buy more.”
Was that often, sometimes, or never true for {you/your family} in the last 30 days?

Responses:

Display
Instructions:

OFTEN TRUE
SOMETIMES TRUE
NEVER TRUE
REFUSED
DON'T KNOW

1
2
3
RF
DK

FS30
FS30
FS30
FS30
FS30

(FS1015)
(FS1015)
(FS1015)
(FS1015)
(FS1015)

DISPLAY ‘you’ IF SINGLE PERSON RU. OTHERWISE, DISPLAY ‘your family’.
DISPLAY ‘I’, ‘my’, AND ‘you’ IF SINGLE PERSON RU.
OTHERWISE, DISPLAY ‘we’, ‘our’, AND ‘your family’.

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MEPSFall2022

Food Security (FS) Section
(Ques

Full Detail Spec
FS30
Item Type:
Type Class:
Answer Type:
Help Available (

(FS1015)
Question
Enumerated
THowTrue

BLAISE NAME: FoodNotLast
Field kind: Datafield

ArrayMin:

Min value:

Field Size:
Answers allowed: 1

ArrayMax:

Max value:

)

Show Card (

)

Look Up File (

)

Question Text:
“The food that {I/we} bought just didn’t last and {I/we} didn’t have money to get more.” Was that often,
sometimes, or never true for {you/your family} in the last 30 days?

Responses:

Display
Instructions:

OFTEN TRUE
SOMETIMES TRUE
NEVER TRUE
REFUSED
DON'T KNOW

FS40
FS40
FS40
FS40
FS40

(FS1020)
(FS1020)
(FS1020)
(FS1020)
(FS1020)

DISPLAY ‘I’ AND ‘you’ IF SINGLE PERSON RU.
OTHERWISE, DISPLAY ‘we’ AND ‘your family’.

FS40
Item Type:
Type Class:

(FS1020)
Question

Answer Type:

THowTrue

Help Available (

1
2
3
RF
DK

Enumerated

BLAISE NAME: AffrdBalance
Field kind: Datafield
ArrayMin:

Min value:

Field Size:

)

Answers allowed: 1
Show Card (

ArrayMax:

Max value:

)

Look Up File (

Question Text:
“{I/we} couldn’t afford to eat balanced meals.” Was that often, sometimes, or never true for {you/your family} in
the last 30 days?

Responses:

OFTEN TRUE
SOMETIMES TRUE
NEVER TRUE
REFUSED
DON'T KNOW

1
2
3
RF
DK

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BOX_10
BOX_10
BOX_10
BOX_10
BOX_10

(FS1025)
(FS1025)
(FS1025)
(FS1025)
(FS1025)

)

MEPSFall2022

Food Security (FS) Section
(Ques

Full Detail Spec
Display
Instructions:

BOX_10

DISPLAY ‘I’ AND ‘you’ IF SINGLE PERSON RU.
OTHERWISE, DISPLAY ‘we’ AND ‘your family’.

(FS1025)

Route Details:

Item Type: Route

Type Class: If Then

IF CODED ‘3’ (NEVER TRUE), DK, OR RF AT FS20 AND FS30 AND FS40, GO TO
BOX_30.
OTHERWISE, CONTINUE WITH FS50.

FS50
Item Type:
Type Class:
Answer Type:
Help Available (

(FS1030)
Question
Enumerated
TYESNO
)

BLAISE NAME: SizeSkipMeal
Field kind: Datafield

ArrayMin:

Min value:

Field Size:
Answers allowed: 1

ArrayMax:

Max value:

Show Card (

)

Look Up File (

)

Question Text:
In the last 30 days did {you/you or other adults in your family} ever cut the size of your meals or skip meals
because there wasn't enough money for food?

Responses:

Display
Instructions:

YES
NO
REFUSED
DON'T KNOW

1
2
RF
DK

FS60
FS70
FS70
FS70

(FS1035)
(FS1040)
(FS1040)
(FS1040)

DISPLAY ‘you’ IF ONLY ONE ADULT RU MEMBER IN HOUSEHOLD AS OF DATE
OF INTERVIEW.
DISPLAY ‘you or other adults in your family’ IF MORE THAN ONE RU MEMBER > OR =
18 YEARS OLD IN HOUSEHOLD AS OF DATE OF INTERVIEW.

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MEPSFall2022

Food Security (FS) Section
(Ques

Full Detail Spec
FS60
Item Type:
Type Class:
Answer Type:
Help Available (

(FS1035)
Question
Integer

BLAISE NAME: DaysSkipMeal
Field kind: Datafield
Field Size: 2

{Continuous Answer.} Answers allowed: 1
)

Show Card (

ArrayMin:

Min value: 1

ArrayMax:

Max value: 30

)

Look Up File (

)

Question Text:
In the last 30 days, how many days did this happen?

1

Responses:
REFUSED
DON'T KNOW

RF
DK

FS70
FS70

(FS1040)
(FS1040)

Display
Instructions:

FS70
Item Type:

(FS1040)
Question

Type Class:

Enumerated

Answer Type:

TYESNO

Help Available (

)

BLAISE NAME: EatLess
Field kind: Datafield

ArrayMin:

Min value:

ArrayMax:

Max value:

Field Size:
Answers allowed: 1
Show Card (

)

Look Up File (

Question Text:
In the last 30 days, did you ever eat less than you felt you should because there wasn't enough money for food?

Responses:

YES
NO
REFUSED
DON'T KNOW

1
2
RF
DK

Display
Instructions:

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FS80
FS80
FS80
FS80

(FS1045)
(FS1045)
(FS1045)
(FS1045)

)

MEPSFall2022

Food Security (FS) Section
(Ques

Full Detail Spec
FS80
Item Type:
Type Class:
Answer Type:
Help Available (

(FS1045)
Question
Enumerated
TYESNO
)

BLAISE NAME: EverHungry
Field kind: Datafield

ArrayMin:

Min value:

Field Size:
Answers allowed: 1

ArrayMax:

Max value:

Show Card (

)

Look Up File (

)

Question Text:
In the last 30 days, were you ever hungry but didn't eat because there wasn't enough money for food?

Responses:

YES
NO
REFUSED
DON'T KNOW

1
2
RF
DK

FS90
FS90
FS90
FS90

(FS1050)
(FS1050)
(FS1050)
(FS1050)

Display
Instructions:

FS90
Item Type:

(FS1050)
Question

Type Class:

Enumerated

Answer Type:

TYESNO

Help Available (

)

BLAISE NAME: LoseWeight
Field kind: Datafield

ArrayMin:

Min value:

ArrayMax:

Max value:

Field Size:
Answers allowed: 1
Show Card (

)

Look Up File (

Question Text:
In the last 30 days, did you lose weight because there wasn’t enough money for food?

Responses:

YES
NO
REFUSED
DON'T KNOW

1
2
RF
DK

Display
Instructions:

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BOX_20
BOX_20
BOX_20
BOX_20

(FS1055)
(FS1055)
(FS1055)
(FS1055)

)

MEPSFall2022

Food Security (FS) Section
(Rout

Full Detail Spec
BOX_20

(FS1055)

Route Details:

Item Type: Route

Type Class: If Then

IF CODED ‘2’, DK, OR RF AT FS70 AND FS80 AND FS90, GO TO BOX_30.
OTHERWISE, CONTINUE WITH FS100.

FS100
Item Type:

(FS1060)
Question

Type Class:

Enumerated

Answer Type:

TYESNO

Help Available (

)

BLAISE NAME: NotEatForDay
Field kind: Datafield

ArrayMin:

Min value:

ArrayMax:

Max value:

Field Size:
Answers allowed: 1
Show Card (

)

Look Up File (

)

Question Text:
In the last 30 days, did {you/you or other adults in your family} ever not eat for a whole day because there wasn’t
enough money for food?

Responses:

Display
Instructions:

YES
NO
REFUSED
DON'T KNOW

1
2
RF
DK

FS110
BOX_30
BOX_30
BOX_30

(FS1065)
(FS1070)
(FS1070)
(FS1070)

DISPLAY ‘you’ IF ONLY ONE ADULT RU MEMBER IN HOUSEHOLD AS OF DATE
OF INTERVIEW.
DISPLAY ‘you or other adults in your family’ IF MORE THAN ONE RU MEMBER > OR =
18 YEARS OLD IN HOUSEHOLD AS OF DATE OF INTERVIEW.

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MEPSFall2022

Food Security (FS) Section
(Ques

Full Detail Spec
FS110
Item Type:

(FS1065)
Question
Integer

Type Class:
Answer Type:

BLAISE NAME: DaysNotEat
Field kind: Datafield
Field Size: 2

{Continuous Answer.} Answers allowed: 1

Help Available (

)

Show Card (

ArrayMin:

Min value: 1

ArrayMax:

Max value: 30

)

Look Up File (

Question Text:
In the last 30 days, how many days did this happen?

1

Responses:
REFUSED
DON'T KNOW

RF
DK

BOX_30
BOX_30

Display
Instructions:

BOX_30

Route Details:

(FS1070)

Item Type: Route

Type Class: If Then

GO TO NEXT QUESTIONNAIRE SECTION (EMPLOYMENT).

[End of FS]

FS - Page 9 of 9

(FS1070)
(FS1070)

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