DIET AND BIOMARKERS SURVEY IN INDIA

(DABS-I Study)
ICMR - National Institute of Nutrition, HYDERABAD – 500 007

Schedule on Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES)

IDENTIFICATION DETAILS

1 Type of PSU
1. Urban 2. Rural
2 State (Refer to coding list)
3 District (Refer to coding list)
4 PSU Number
5 Household Number
6 Name of Head of the Household
7 Address
8 Mobile Number
9 UID(STATE+DIST+PSU+HHNo)
10 Date of Interview
11 Interviewer Name Code:
 The next questions are about whether you and others in your household were able to get
enough food in the last 12 months.*

During the last 12 MONTHS, was there a time when:

Q1. You were worried that you or others in your household would 0 No 98 DK
not have enough food to eat because of a lack of money or other
resources?
1 Yes 99 Refused

Q2. You or others in your household were unable to eat healthy and 0 No 98 DK
nutritious food because of a lack of money or other resources?

1 Yes 99 Refused

During the last 12 MONTHS, was there a time when:

Q3. You or others in your household ate only a few kinds of foods 0 No 98 DK
because of a lack of money or other resources?

1 Yes 99 Refused

Q4. You or others in your household had to skip a meal because 0 No 98 DK

there was not enough money or other resources to get food?

1 Yes 99 Refused

Q5. You or others in your household ate less than you thought you 0 No 98 DK
should because of a lack of money or other resources.

1 Yes 99 Refused

During the last 12 MONTHS, was there a time when:

Q6. Your household ran out of food because of a lack of money or 0 No 98 DK

other resources?

1 Yes 99 Refused

Q7. You or others in your household were hungry but did not eat 0 No 98 DK
because there was not enough money or other resources for food?

1 Yes 99 Refused

Q8. You or others in your household went without eating for a whole 0 No 98 DK
day because of a lack of money or other resources?

1 Yes 99 Refused

Interviewer’s Name___________________ Interviewer’s Code___________