Table 1.
Descriptive statistics at the household, municipal and state levels, Mexico, 2014
| Mean/proportion | sd | Min. | Max. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Household-level variables (n 19 124) | ||||
| Education | 2·7 | 0·9 | 1 | 5 |
| Household size | 3·8 | 1·9 | 1 | 17 |
| Woman as head of household | 0·26 | – | 0 | 1 |
| Older adults (>70 years of age) | 0·09 | – | 0 | 1 |
| Infant (<5 years of age) | 0·30 | – | 0 | 1 |
| Food insecurity (%) | 0 | 3 | ||
| Food security | 48·0 | – | – | – |
| Mild food insecurity | 27·1 | – | – | – |
| Moderate food insecurity | 15·3 | – | – | – |
| Severe food insecurity | 9·6 | – | – | – |
| Municipal-level variables (n 506) | ||||
| Vulnerability to climate disasters | 0·20 | – | 0 | 1 |
| Poverty index | 19·5 | 10·5 | 1·2 | 61·5 |
| Poverty index (quintiles) | 3·5 | 1·32 | 1 | 5 |
| Population density | 941 | 2425 | 1 | 17 423 |
| Population density (quintiles) | −0·6 | 1·31 | –2 | 2 |
| State-level variables (n 32) | ||||
| Change of party in power | 0·47 | – | 0 | 1 |
| Number of nutrition programmes | 4 | 2·5 | 0 | 10 |
| Per capita annual state GDP | 128·7 | 104·5 | 45 | 679 |
| Per capita annual state GDP (quintiles) | 3 | 1·48 | 1 | 5 |
GDP, gross domestic product (thousands of $MX, base 2008).
Descriptive statistics of all the variables included in the models. The unadjusted prevalence of food insecurity, the dependent variable, was estimated using the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (ELCSA) from the National Household Income and Expenditure Survey (ENIGH) 2014.