The Household Water Insecurity Experiences Scale: answer patterns and cutoffs in Mexico

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  • Curtis Huffman UNAM
  • Héctor Nájera UNAMPrograma Universitario de Estudios del Desarrollo, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Mexico City, Mexico.

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https://doi.org/10.21149/14735

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factor analysis, latent class analysis, health inequality monitoring

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Objective. To investigate the degree in which answer patterns in the Household Water Insecurity Experiences Scale (HWISE) relate to scores aiming at identifying latent groups with different water insecurity levels in a nationwide representative sample of the Mexican population. Materials and methods. Based on data from the 2021 National Survey on Health and Nutrition (Estudio Nacional de Salud y Nutrición 2021, Ensanut 2021), sequence data representations, and a latent class analysis (LCA), in this article we estimate the likely misclassification errors of different cutoffs proposed for the HWISE scoring system. Results. The main results suggest that a 5-item subset of the HWISE may exhibit a more reliable and cost-effective behavior than the complete 12-item set for a 2-level partition of the sample. Conclusions. Our methodological approach provides new insights regarding the efficiency and likely errors in distinguishing between levels of water insecurity based on the Mexican chapter of the HWISE.

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2023-12-08

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Huffman C, Nájera H. The Household Water Insecurity Experiences Scale: answer patterns and cutoffs in Mexico. Salud Publica Mex [Internet]. 8 de diciembre de 2023 [citado 16 de mayo de 2024];66(1, ene-feb):59-66. Disponible en: https://saludpublica.mx/index.php/spm/article/view/14735

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