Comparing Household Food Consumption Indicators for Acute Food Insecurity Classification

The report aims to analyze the relationships among select household food consumption indicators used in the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) to improve the convergence of evidence approach and overall quality of acute IPC analyses. The study uses 65,089 household-level observations from 21 datasets across 10 countries and explores the relationships between experiential indicators (HHS and rCSI) and diet diversity indicators (FCS and HDDS). The report presents the study's findings, including the strong relationships between certain indicator pairs, the dimensionality of food security measured by the indicators, and the potential differences in the ranges of severity measured by the indicators. The report concludes with proposed changes to the indicators and thresholds used in the acute IPC household reference table.