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Term Description

The U.S. Household Food Security Survey is designed to use each household's overall pattern of response to these questions to determine its score on the food security scale and its classification by food-security status level.

Reference Information

TypeSourceReference
CitationU.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)USDA. (2025, January 8). Food security in the U.S. - survey tools. Food Security in the U.S. - Survey Tools | Economic Research Service. https://www.ers.usda.gov/topics/food-nutrition-assistance/food-security-in-the-us/survey-tools

Panel Hierarchy

Details for each LOINC in Panel LHC-Forms

LOINCNameR/O/CCardinalityExample UCUM Units
95246-5U.S. Household Food Security Survey - 18 Item Form [U.S. FSS-18]
Indent95247-3Which of these statements best describes the food eaten in your household in the last 12 months:
Indent88122-7(I/We) worried whether (my/our) food would run out before (I/we) got money to buy more.
Indent88123-5The food that (I/we) bought just didn't last, and (I/we) didn't have money to get more.
Indent95248-1(I/We) couldn't afford to eat balanced meals.
Indent95249-9In the last 12 months, since last (name of current month), did (you/you or other adults in your household) ever cut the size of your meals or skip meals because there wasn't enough money for food?
IndentIndent95250-7How often did this happen?
Indent95251-5In the last 12 months, did you ever eat less than you felt you should because there wasn't enough money for food?
Indent95252-3In the last 12 months, were you ever hungry but didn't eat because there wasn't enough money for food?
Indent95253-1In the last 12 months, did you lose weight because there wasn't enough money for food?
Indent95254-9In the last 12 months, did (you/you or other adults in your household) ever not eat for a whole day because there wasn't enough money for food?
IndentIndent95255-6How often did this happen?
Indent95256-4(I/we) relied on only a few kinds of low-cost food to feed (my/our) child/the children) because (I was/we were) running out of money to buy food.
Indent95257-2(I/We) couldn’t feed (my/our) child/the children) a balanced meal, because (I/we) couldn’t afford that.
Indent95258-0(My/Our child was/The children were) not eating enough because (I/we) just couldn't afford enough food.
Indent95265-5In the last 12 months, since (current month) of last year, did you ever cut the size of (your child's/any of the children's) meals because there wasn't enough money for food?
Indent95259-8In the last 12 months, did (CHILD’S NAME/any of the children) ever skip meals because there wasn't enough money for food?
IndentIndent95260-6How often did this happen?
Indent95261-4In the last 12 months, (was your child/were the children) ever hungry but you just couldn't afford more food?
Indent95262-2In the last 12 months, did (your child/any of the children) ever not eat for a whole day because there wasn't enough money for food?
Indent95263-0Total score [U.S. FSS-18]{score}
Indent95264-8Food security status [U.S. FSS]

LOINC Names Get Info

Fully-Specified Name
U.S. Household Food Security Survey - 18 Item Form:-:RptPeriod:^Patient:-:U.S. Food Security Survey-18 item
Long Common Name
U.S. Household Food Security Survey - 18 Item Form [U.S. FSS-18]

Part Model Get Info

  • Component
    U.S. Household Food Security Survey - 18 Item Form
    LP451255-6
    • Analyte
      U.S. Household Food Security Survey - 18 Item Form
      LP451255-6
      • Component Numerator
        U.S. Household Food Security Survey - 18 Item Form
        LP451255-6
        • Component Numerator Core
          U.S. Household Food Security Survey - 18 Item Form
          LP451255-6
        • Component Numerator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
      • Component Denominator
        NULL
         
        • Component Denominator Core
          NULL
           
        • Component Denominator Core Suffix
          NULL
           
    • Challenge
      NULL
       
    • Adjustment
      NULL
       
    • Count
      NULL
       
  • Property
    -
    LP6769-6
  • Time
    RptPeriod
    LP190654-6
  • System
    ^Patient
    LP310005-6
    • System Core
      NULL
       
    • Super System
      Patient
      LP6985-8
  • Scale
    -
    LP7747-1
  • Method
    U.S. Food Security Survey-18 item
    LP451254-9

Basic Attributes

Class
PANEL.SURVEY.SDOH
Type
Surveys
First Released
Version 2.68
Last Updated
Version 2.83 (NAM)
Order vs. Observation
Order
Panel Type
Panel

Member of these Groups Get Info

LOINC GroupGroup Name
LG51306-5SDOH

LOINC Terminology Service (API) using HL7® FHIR® Get Info

CodeSystem lookup
https://fhir.loinc.org/CodeSystem/$lookup?system=http://loinc.org&code=95246-5
Questionnaire definition
https://fhir.loinc.org/Questionnaire/?url=http://loinc.org/q/95246-5