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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Aug 8.
Published in final edited form as: Glob Food Sec. 2016 Sep 15;11:72–83. doi: 10.1016/j.gfs.2016.07.009

Table 4:

Binary Treatment Analyses by country

Ghana
  ITT
Kenya
ITT
Lesotho
ITT
Zambia
ITT
Pooled
  ITT

Per capita expenditure PPP$
food −3.799 1.67 2.196 2.506 *** 0.047
cereals −0.455 0.886 0.486 1.017 *** 0.574 **
roots and tubers −2.708 * −0.353 ** −0.387 −0.148 −1.084 ***
animal products −2.76 ** 0.836 1.195 0.698 *** −0.455 *
pulses and legumes −0.206 0.176 0.415 0.226 *** 0.19 **
fruits and veg −0.079 0.096 −0.314 0.072 −0.124
% total expenditure on food 0.036 −0.011 −0.006 0.004 0.007
Share of food expenditure
cereals 0.003 −0.009 −0.025 −0.001 −0.004
roots and tubers −0.026 −0.018 *** −0.01 −0.042 *** −0.027 ***
animal products 0.016 0.044 *** 0.02 0.014 0.019 ***
pulses and legumes −0.009 0.004 0.02 ** 0.017 *** 0.007 ***
fruits and veg 0.005 −0.022 ** −0.027 * −0.046 ** −0.021 ***
Share of calories
cereals −0.016 0.035 0.040 ***
roots and tubers −0.006 −0.032 ** −0.020 *
animal products 0.011 −0.011 −0.012 *
pulses and legumes 0.004 0.016 ** 0.006 **
fruits and veg −0.012 −0.03 * −0.024 **
Dietary diversity indicators
# food items −1.094 1.533 *** 0.278 1.958 *** 1.363 ***
household dietary diversity score 0.173 0.627 *** 0.268 * 1.025 *** 0.831 ***
Shannon index 0.068 0.092 *** 0.055 * 0.163 *** 0.127 ***
Simpson index 0.005 0.021 * 0.014 0.047 *** 0.037 ***
Coping strategy indicators
% fewer meals −0.044 −0.055 *** −0.06 ***
% smaller meals −0.023 −0.042 *** −0.043 ***
% hungry day and/or night −0.084 * −0.167 *** −0.205 ***
% fewer meals (children) −0.085 *
% smaller meals (children) −0.086 *
% hungry day and/or night (children) −0.05
# months sufficient food 0.867 **
# months some food shortage 1.149 ***
# months extreme shortage −1.809 ***
Caloric Intake
Daily per capita caloric intake 177.5 214.4 ** 257.78 ***
% undernourished −0.061 −0.054 * −0.059 **
% weakly nourished 0.023 0.052 * 0.055 **

Note:

***

1% significant,

**

5%,

*

10%.