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Calculate Food Security Sectoral Composite Score and Need Indicators

Source: R/add_comp_foodsec.R
add_comp_foodsec.Rd

This function calculates a food security sectoral composite score based on the FCLCM phase. It assigns a score from 1 to 5 corresponding to the FCLCM phase, and determines if a household is in need or in severe need of food security assistance.

Prerequisite food security functions must be run before this function:

  • add_fcs()

  • add_hhs()

  • add_rcsi()

  • add_lcsi()

  • add_fclcm_phase()

Usage

add_comp_foodsec(
  df,
  fclcm_phase = "fclcm_phase",
  phase1 = "Phase 1 FCLC",
  phase2 = "Phase 2 FCLC",
  phase3 = "Phase 3 FCLC",
  phase4 = "Phase 4 FCLC",
  phase5 = "Phase 5 FCLC"
)

Arguments

df

A data frame.

fclcm_phase

Column name for the FCLCM phase.

phase1

Label for Phase 1 FCLC.

phase2

Label for Phase 2 FCLC.

phase3

Label for Phase 3 FCLC.

phase4

Label for Phase 4 FCLC.

phase5

Label for Phase 5 FCLC.

Value

A data frame with additional columns:

  • comp_foodsec_score: Food security composite score (1-5)

  • comp_foodsec_in_need: Binary indicator for being in need of food security assistance

  • comp_foodsec_in_severe_need: Binary indicator for being in severe need of food security assistance