DDI_LAO_2021_FIES_v01_M_v01_A_OCS Office of Chief Statistician Development Economics Data Group 2023-01-17 NADA Version 01 (January 2023): This metadata was downloaded from the FAO website (https://microdata.fao.org/index.php/catalog) and it is identical to FAO version (LAO_2021_FIES_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS). The following two metadata fields were edited - Document ID and Survey ID. Food Insecurity Experience Scale 2021 FIES 2021 LAO_2021_FIES_v01_M_v01_A_OCS FAO Statistics Division NADA FAO Statistics Division Socio-Economic/Monitoring Survey [hh/sems] Food Insecurity SDG SDGs Food Access Lao PDR National coverage Sample survey data [ssd] Last 12 months. Computer Assisted Telephone Interview [cati] 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. LAO_2021_FIES_v01_EN_M_v01_A_OCS This dataset contains the variables used to calculate the FIES-based indicator, deomographic variables and some derived variables calculated by FAO from the survey. 0 22 Unique respondent identifier Worried you would not have enough food to eat because of a lack of money or other resources No 1 Yes Unable to eat healthy and nutritious food because of a lack of money or other resources No 1 Yes Ate only a few kinds of foods because of a lack of money or other resources No 1 Yes Skipped a meal because there was not enough money or other resources to get food No 1 Yes Ate less than you thought you should because of a lack of money or other resources No 1 Yes Household ran out of food because of a lack of money or other resources No 1 Yes Hungry but did not eat because there was not enough money or other resources for food? No 1 Yes Went without eating for a whole day because of a lack of money or other resources? No 1 Yes Post-stratification sampling weights Year when the study was administered in the country 1 2021 Number of adults 15 years of age and above in household 00 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 04 04 05 05 06 06 07 07 08 08 09 09 10 10+ Number of children under 15 years of age in household 00 00 01 01 02 02 03 03 04 04 05 05 06 06 07 07 08 08 09 09 10 10+ Sum of Affirmative responses to FIES questions Estimated person parameters using the Rasch model Estimated person parameter errors using the Rasch model Probability of being moderately or severely food insecure Probability of being severely food insecure Age of the respondent Education of the respondent 1 Elementary_or_less 2 Secondary 3 College 4 Dont_know 5 Refused 6 Didn't attend school 7 DON'T KNOW 8 Other [specify] 9 Primary/Elementary - Completed elementary education or less [up to eight years of basic education] 10 REFUSED 11 Secondary - Completed some secondary education up to three years tertiary education [9 to 15 years of education] 12 Tertiary - Completed four years of education beyond “high school” and/or received a four-year college degree Area 1 Urban/Suburbs 2 Towns/Rural 3 Dont_know 4 Refused 5 A TOWN 6 A VILLAGE 7 THE CENTER OF A BIG CITY 8 THE SUBURBS OF A BIG CITY Gender of the respondent 1 Male 2 Female