USAID Pause and Reflect Toolkit Matrix Analysis: Integrated Analysis of Survey-Based Indicators for Classification of Acute Food Insecurity
Food security is, by definition, a multifaceted issue. As such, an analysis of food security requires the consideration of a variety of evidence, including several commonly collected, survey-based food security outcome indicators. However, little practical guidance exists on how analysts should draw overarching conclusions from this type of convergence of evidence approach. In the absence of such guidance, analysis can be inconsistent, incomplete, and in the worst case, biased toward individual indicators.