Table 4.
Ordinary least squares (OLS) and quantile regression on the share of total household current income spend on food; pooled cross-sectional data from the Mexican National Household Income and Expenditure Survey (ENIGH) 2008 and 2010
| Quantile | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLS | 20 | 40 | 60 | 80 | ||||||
| Coeff. | P value | Coeff. | P value | Coeff. | P value | Coeff. | P value | Coeff. | P value | |
| Residence | ||||||||||
| Rural | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Semi-rural | −0·002 | 0·866 | 0·021* | 0·001 | 0·015* | 0·001 | 0·010* | 0·018 | −0·001 | 0·917 |
| Semi-urban | −0·034* | 0·001 | 0·008* | 0·001 | 0·001 | 0·636 | −0·012* | 0·002 | −0·034* | 0·001 |
| Urban | −0·061* | 0·001 | −0·003 | 0·185 | −0·018* | 0·001 | −0·038* | 0·001 | −0·073* | 0·001 |
| Household size | 0·001 | 0·675 | 0·004* | 0·001 | 0·002* | 0·001 | 0·001 | 0·055 | 0·000 | 0·663 |
| Education (head of HH) | ||||||||||
| None or some primary | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Primary completed or some secondary | −0·004 | 0·475 | 0·001 | 0·576 | −0·001 | 0·621 | −0·004 | 0·138 | −0·007 | 0·134 |
| Secondary completed or some high school | −0·010* | 0·039 | 0·005* | 0·019 | 0·003 | 0·176 | −0·001 | 0·666 | −0·008 | 0·080 |
| High school completed or more | −0·057* | 0·001 | −0·031* | 0·001 | −0·043* | 0·001 | −0·055* | 0·001 | −0·068 | 0·001 |
| Gender (head of HH) | ||||||||||
| Female | 0·022* | 0·001 | 0·012* | 0·001 | 0·015* | 0·001 | 0·022* | 0·001 | 0·026* | 0·001 |
| Male | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Social security | ||||||||||
| Yes | −0·086* | 0·001 | −0·028* | 0·001 | −0·050* | 0·001 | −0·076 | 0·001 | −0·114* | 0·001 |
| No | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Social health insurance (Seguro Popular) | ||||||||||
| Yes | 0·014* | 0·021 | 0·015* | 0·001 | 0·015* | 0·001 | 0·015* | 0·001 | 0·017* | 0·001 |
| No | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cash-transfer receipt (Oportunidades) | ||||||||||
| Yes | 0·036* | 0·001 | 0·030* | 0·001 | 0·039* | 0·001 | 0·044* | 0·001 | 0·063* | 0·001 |
| No | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cash grants for the elderly (70 y Más) | ||||||||||
| Yes | −0·049* | 0·001 | −0·017* | 0·001 | −0·024* | 0·001 | −0·030* | 0·001 | −0·041* | 0·001 |
| No | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Remittances | ||||||||||
| Yes | −0·023* | 0·001 | −0·001 | 0·704 | −0·008 | 0·055 | −0·017* | 0·001 | −0·033* | 0·001 |
| No | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Agricultural elf-consumption | ||||||||||
| Yes | −0·035* | 0·001 | −0·033* | 0·001 | −0·037* | 0·001 | −0·034 | 0·001 | −0·032* | 0·001 |
| No | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Year | 0·020* | 0·001 | 0·013* | 0·001 | 0·016* | 0·001 | 0·016* | 0·001 | 0·022* | 0·001 |
HH, household.
*Statistically significant at P<0·05.