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HHS - Household Hunger Scale

Usage

hhs(
  .tbl,
  hhs_lev1_nofoodhh,
  hhs_lev2_nofoodhh,
  hhs_lev1_sleephungry,
  hhs_lev2_sleephungry,
  hhs_lev1_alldaynight,
  hhs_lev2_alldaynight,
  level1_codes,
  level2_codes
)

Arguments

.tbl

Data

hhs_lev1_nofoodhh

Component column: No food of any kind in the house

hhs_lev2_nofoodhh

Follow-up frequency column

hhs_lev1_sleephungry

Component column: Go to sleep hungry because there was not enough food

hhs_lev2_sleephungry

Follow-up frequency column

hhs_lev1_alldaynight

Component column: Go a whole day and night without eating

hhs_lev2_alldaynight

Follow-up frequency column

level1_codes

Character vector of at least "Yes" and "No" codes (in this order), e.g. c("yes", "no")

level2_codes

Character vector of at least frequencies codes, in the following order: "Rarely", "Sometimes", "Often", e.g. c("rarely", "sometimes", "often")

Value

Five new columns: each component recoded hhs_comp1, hhs_comp2, hhs_comp3, the overall score (hhs_score) and categories (hhs_cat).