Spatial Analysis of Food Security Using Data From the Demographic and Health Surveys

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Spatial Analysis of Food Security Using Data From
the Demographic and Health Surveys

• John R. Weeks
• International Population Center
• Department of Geography
• San Diego State University

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What questions would we like to ask in order to
improve the design and targeting of interventions
and aid in the process of monitoring progress?

• How many are food insecure?

• Who are they?

• Where are they?

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The Demographic and Health Surveys represent an
available source of preliminary answers to these
questions
http//www.measuredhs.com/
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What is the process by which we are able to
analyze and map these data?

• Download raw data from DHS

• Bring the data into SPSS

• Summarize variables of interest to us by
  geographic area

• Copy the SPSS output into an Excel spreadsheet
  and save as DBF file

• Import DBF file into ArcView and map the data

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Now lets put the pieces of the puzzle together
with an illustration using data from the 2000 DHS
for Egypt