diff --git a/Indicators/Food-consumption-score/FCS low threshold.sps b/Indicators/Food-consumption-score/FCS low threshold.sps new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8a0df6b --- /dev/null +++ b/Indicators/Food-consumption-score/FCS low threshold.sps @@ -0,0 +1,127 @@ +* Encoding: UTF-8. + +*** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +*** WFP Standardized Scripts +*** Food Consumption Score (FCS), 21-35 thresholds + + +*** Last Update: Nov 2025 +*** Purpose: This script calculates the Food Consumption Score (FCS) using standard methodology with low thresholds (21-35) for populations with low sugar/oil consumption +*** For setting the right threshold, please refer to the FCS technical guidance on the VAM Resource Centre: https://resource-centre.document360.io/docs/food-consumption-score + +*** WFP Data Quality Guidance References: +*** - Recommended high frequency checks: Page 30 +*** - Recommended cleaning steps: Page 36-37 + +*** Find the WFP Data Quality Guidance here: https://resource-centre.document360.io/docs/data-quality + +*** -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +*** Define food group labels - these should match Survey Designer naming conventions + +VARIABLE LABELS +FCSStap "Consumption over the past 7 days: Cereals, grains and tubers" +FCSPulse "Consumption over the past 7 days: Pulses" +FCSDairy "Consumption over the past 7 days: Dairy" +FCSPr "Consumption over the past 7 days: Meat, fish and eggs" +FCSVeg "Consumption over the past 7 days: Vegetables and leaves" +FCSFruit "Consumption over the past 7 days: Fruit" +FCSFat "Consumption over the past 7 days: Fat and oil" +FCSSugar "Consumption over the past 7 days: Sugar or sweets" +FCSCond "Consumption over the past 7 days: Condiments or spices". + +*** Harmonize Data Quality Guidance measures +*** Clean impossible values + +RECODE FCSStap FCSPulse FCSDairy FCSPr FCSVeg FCSFruit FCSFat FCSSugar (LOWEST THRU -1 = SYSMIS). +RECODE FCSStap FCSPulse FCSDairy FCSPr FCSVeg FCSFruit FCSFat FCSSugar (8 THRU HIGHEST = SYSMIS). +EXECUTE. + +*** Calculate FCS (use + instead of SUM to automatically drop missing values from the final FCS) +*** Note: Condiments (FCSCond) are not included in standard FCS calculation + +COMPUTE FCS = FCSStap*2 + FCSPulse*3 + FCSDairy*4 + FCSPr*4 + FCSVeg*1 + FCSFruit*1 + FCSFat*0.5 + FCSSugar*0.5. +VARIABLE LABELS FCS "Food Consumption Score". +EXECUTE. + +*** Harmonize Data Quality Guidance measures +*** Check that FCS is between 0-112 + +DESCRIPTIVES VARIABLES=FCS + /STATISTICS=MEAN STDDEV MIN MAX. + +*** Clean any impossible FCS values + +RECODE FCS (LOWEST THRU -1 = SYSMIS). +RECODE FCS (113 THRU HIGHEST = SYSMIS). +EXECUTE. + +*** Flagging potential Data Quality issues. If any cases reflected here, refer to the Data Quality Guidance note pages 36-37. This can be found on the VAM Ressource Centre + +COMPUTE FCS_flag_low = 0. +IF (FCS LT 14) FCS_flag_low = 1. +VARIABLE LABELS FCS_flag_low "FCS has low values that could be a Data Quality issue. Refer to the Data Quality guidance for recommended actions". +VALUE LABELS FCS_flag_low + 0 "No" + 1 "Yes". + +COMPUTE FCS_flag_high = 0. +IF (FCS GT 100) FCS_flag_high = 1. +VARIABLE LABELS FCS_flag_high "FCS has high values that could be a Data Quality issue. Refer to the Data Quality guidance for recommended actions". +VALUE LABELS FCS_flag_high + 0 "No" + 1 "Yes". + +*** Check flagged cases + +FREQUENCIES VARIABLES=FCS_flag_low FCS_flag_high + /ORDER=ANALYSIS. + +*** Use this when analyzing a country with LOW consumption of sugar and oil - thresholds 21-35 + +RECODE FCS (LOWEST THRU 21 = 1) (21.5 THRU 35 = 2) (35.5 THRU HIGHEST = 3) INTO FCSCat21. +VARIABLE LABELS FCSCat21 "FCS Categories: Low thresholds". +EXECUTE. + +*** Define value labels and properties for "FCS Categories". + +VALUE LABELS FCSCat21 + 1 "Poor" + 2 "Borderline" + 3 "Acceptable". +EXECUTE. + +*** Check distribution of final categories + +FREQUENCIES VARIABLES=FCSCat21 + /ORDER=ANALYSIS. + +*** Sample check of food group distributions (recommended for data quality review) + +FREQUENCIES VARIABLES=FCSStap FCSPulse FCSDairy FCSPr FCSVeg FCSFruit FCSFat FCSSugar + /FORMAT=NOTABLE + /STATISTICS=MINIMUM MAXIMUM MEAN. + +*** Optional: Compute the same variable to be used directly for IPC analysis (referring to IPC phases) + +*RECODE FCS (LOWEST THRU 21 = 3) (21.5 THRU 35 = 2) (35.5 THRU HIGHEST = 1) INTO FCSCat21IPC. +*VARIABLE LABELS FCSCat21IPC "Official IPC Classification for FCS - low thresholds". +*VALUE LABELS FCSCat21IPC + 1 "Acceptable - IPC Phase 1-2" + 2 "Borderline - IPC Phase 3" + 3 "Poor - IPC Phase 4-5". +*EXECUTE. + +*** Check distribution of final categories + +*FREQUENCIES VARIABLES=FCSCat21IPC + /ORDER=ANALYSIS. + +*** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +*** END OF SCRIPT +*** ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- + + + +