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,* P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 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.