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. 2018 Nov 1;3(1):nzy078. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzy078

TABLE 4.

Association between households’ reported agricultural activity, and food security1

Household Food Insecurity Access Scale domains OR (95% CI), unadjusted estimates Classified moderately or severely food-insecure OR (95% CI)
Anxiety domain Quality domain Intake domain Unadjusted model Adjusted model2
Farming households (ref: nonfarming households) 0.41*** (0.26, 0.65) 0.49* (0.31, 0.78) 0.39** (0.22, 0.67) 0.38*** (0.22, 0.64) 0.32** (0.17, 0.62)
Livestock owning households (ref: nonlivestock-owning households) 0.54*** (0.32, 0.91) 0.70 (0.32, 1.16) 0.53* (0.28, 1.03) 0.46* (0.24, 0.88) 0.29** (0.13, 0.66)
Among farming households
 Households that owned land (ref: rented land) 0.95 (0.41, 2.18) 1.29 (0.55, 3.03) 0.41 (0.17, 1.04) 0.59 (0.23, 1.51) 0.50 (0.16, 1.61)
 Households with more land (>0.1 hectares) (ref: below-median land size) 0.31** (0.16, 0.62) 0.52* (0.27, 1.00) 0.40* (0.17, 0.99) 0.41* (0.18, 0.98) 0.29* (0.09, 0.88)
Households that, in the last year, grew:
 Rice 0.26*** (0.14, 0.51) 0.54 (0.28, 1.03) 0.50 (0.22, 1.14) 0.42* (0.19, 0.94) 0.36* (0.13, 0.95)
 Wheat 0.67 (0.35, 1.28) 1.17 (0.63, 2.17) 0.83 (0.36, 1.90) 0.79 (0.36, 1.76) 0.61 (0.22, 1.68)
 Maize 0.61 (0.29, 1.28) 0.80 (0.40, 1.60) 0.18* (0.04, 0.78) 0.15* (0.04, 0.67) 0.13* (0.02, 0.72)
 Vegetable(s) 0.53 (0.28, 1.00) 0.78 (0.42, 1.45) 0.61 (0.27, 1.38) 0.65 (0.30, 1.41) 0.54 (0.21, 1.44)

1,* < 0.05, **< 0.01, ***< 0.001 (level of significance for the ORs). MDDW, Minimum Dietary Diversity for Women; ref, referent.

2Adjusted models include: mother's and father's educational attainment (none, primary, lower secondary, higher secondary, college, beyond), mother's and father's employment status (yes/no), household wealth (quartile group), and mean MDDW score.