National Survey Data on Food Consumption Uses and Recommendations (1984) / Chapter Skim
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4 Indentification of Current and Potential Data Uses
4 Indentification of Current and Potential Data Uses
Pages 45-52
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Par t i c i pants in tines e con fer ence ~ inc. luded cur ren t and pa ten t i a 1 users of food consumption survey data from the nutrition and health academic community, and the food industry and scientists from the legislative and executive branches of the government.
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Some were also identified as being familiar with the CES data. Participants provided the Committee with information concerning specific uses of the data, the data bases preferred for those uses, data base information needed to improve those uses, and how the data bases compared in providing other needed information.
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However, some general concepts that emerged from these discussions are described below. WIDE VARIETY OF USES A major finding during information-gathering efforts was the wide variety of uses for the survey data.
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Data users did not look on the Present limited overlap in data between the surveys as redundant or unnecessary but rather as a set of data points ~ , providing an opportunity for data linkage between survey data bases. For this reason, the Committee chose to incorporate a specific discussion of its perspective on such conjoint uses of food consumption data in its report (see Chapter 5~.
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Users' need for data bases that contain specific and detailed information rest on the ability of individual users to aggregate specific data; if the data are already aggregated before release, they cannot be disaggregated. DATA USES: OVERVIEW A simple but effective way of summarizing uses of survey data is to consider that the data provide answers to basic questions -- "who," "what," "how," "when," and "where." As illustrated in Table 4-2, each of these basic questions involves a number of factors that cross disciplines and interests.
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Data users indicated a need for greater comparability and compatibility between data bases and more timely reporting of data. Users frequently identified a need for retention of more specific (less aggregated)
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* 23 Marketing 12 Agricultural programs 6 Food programs 36 Food guidance/education 15 Food assistance 13 Food safety assessment Policy considerations 22 Although registrants could respond in more than one category, lculations were based on all responses' equaling 100%.
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locality; living arrangement; urban ~ suburban ~ or rural; income; occupation; smoking hate it8; participant/ length of participation in food programs; food assistance recipient/length of assistance; individual identifiers for record linkage (may require special clearance) W _ in consumed?
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