Telescoping Error in Recalled Food Consumption: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Ethiopia

doi:10.1093/wber/lhac015

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Telescoping Error in Recalled Food Consumption: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Ethiopia

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dc.contributor.author	Abate, Gashaw T.
dc.contributor.author	de Brauw, Alan
dc.contributor.author	Gibson, John
dc.contributor.author	Hirvonen, Kalle
dc.contributor.author	Wolle, Abdulazize
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-29T20:43:51Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-29T20:43:51Z
dc.date.issued	2022-09-14
dc.description.abstract	Telescoping errors occur if survey respondents misdate events from outside the reference period and include them in their recall. Concern about telescoping influenced the design of early Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) surveys, which used a two-visit interview format to bound food consumption recall. This design fell out of favor although not for evidence-based reasons. To measure the extent of telescoping bias on food consumption measures, a survey experiment was conducted in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, randomly assigning households to either a two-visit bounded recall or a single visit unbounded recall. The average value of reported food consumption is 16 percent higher (95 percent CI: 7.4–25.9) in the unbounded single visit recall relative to the two-visit bounded recall. Most of the error is explained by difference in reported spending on less frequently consumed, protein-rich foods, so apparent food security indicators based on household diet diversity are likely overstated with unbounded recall.	en
dc.identifier	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099823112112318348/IDU0cf065eff066420474f0b0e90a6a891f7ca80
dc.identifier.citation	The World Bank Economic Review
dc.identifier.doi	10.1596/41138
dc.identifier.issn	0258-6770 (print)
dc.identifier.issn	1564-698X (online)
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/10986/41138
dc.language	English
dc.language.iso	en_US
dc.publisher	Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseries	World Bank Economic Review
dc.rights	CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holder	World Bank
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo
dc.subject	DIET QUALITY
dc.subject	FOOD CONSUMPTION
dc.subject	HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS
dc.subject	RECALL
dc.subject	TELESCOPING
dc.title	Telescoping Error in Recalled Food Consumption	en
dc.title.subtitle	Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Ethiopia	en
dc.type	Journal Article
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okr.crossref.title	Telescoping Error in Recalled Food Consumption: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Ethiopia
okr.date.disclosure	2023-12-11
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okr.identifier.doi	10.1093/wber/lhac015
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okr.peerreview	Academic Peer Review
okr.region.administrative	Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE)
okr.region.country	Ethiopia
okr.topic	Health, Nutrition and Population::Food & Nutrition Policy
okr.topic	Poverty Reduction::Poverty Monitoring & Analysis
okr.unit	Off of Sr VP Dev Econ/Chief Econ (DECVP)
okr.volume	36(4)
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