Telescoping error in recalled food consumption: Evidence from a survey experiment in Ethiopia
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 consumpt...
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| author | Abate, Gashaw T. de Brauw, Alan Gibson, John P. Hirvonen, Kalle Wolle, Abdulazize |
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| description | 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. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1278162025-04-17T08:26:30Z Telescoping error in recalled food consumption: Evidence from a survey experiment in Ethiopia Abate, Gashaw T. de Brauw, Alan Gibson, John P. Hirvonen, Kalle Wolle, Abdulazize surveys survey methods interviews food consumption measurement household surveys spending protein content diet quality expenditure living standards recall 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. 2022-10-28 2023-01-22T18:19:03Z 2023-01-22T18:19:03Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127816 en https://doi.org/10.1111/ajae.12206 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134725 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134939 https://doi.org/10.2499/p15738coll2.134161 Open Access Oxford University Press Abate, Gashaw Tadesse; de Brauw, Alan; Gibson, John; Hirvonen, Kalle; and Wolle, Abdulazize. 2022. Telescoping Error in Recalled Food Consumption: Evidence from a Survey Experiment in Ethiopia. World Bank Economic Review 36(4): 889–908. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhac015 |
| spellingShingle | surveys survey methods interviews food consumption measurement household surveys spending protein content diet quality expenditure living standards recall Abate, Gashaw T. de Brauw, Alan Gibson, John P. Hirvonen, Kalle Wolle, Abdulazize Telescoping error in recalled food consumption: Evidence from a survey experiment in Ethiopia |
| title | Telescoping error in recalled food consumption: Evidence from a survey experiment in Ethiopia |
| title_full | Telescoping error in recalled food consumption: Evidence from a survey experiment in Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Telescoping error in recalled food consumption: Evidence from a survey experiment in Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Telescoping error in recalled food consumption: Evidence from a survey experiment in Ethiopia |
| title_short | Telescoping error in recalled food consumption: Evidence from a survey experiment in Ethiopia |
| title_sort | telescoping error in recalled food consumption evidence from a survey experiment in ethiopia |
| topic | surveys survey methods interviews food consumption measurement household surveys spending protein content diet quality expenditure living standards recall |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/127816 |
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