Table 1.
Descriptive statistics- comparison of households with home gardens and those without
| Variable | HHs with home-garden & fruits & vines | HHs without home-garden & fruits & vines | t-statistic |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | Mean | ||
| Dietary Diversity Score | 4.09 | 4.08 | 0.00 |
| Food Security | |||
| Change | 0.63 | 0.64 | −0.02 |
| Reduce | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.03 |
| Shortage | 0.75 | 0.72 | 0.03 |
| Hunger | 0.10 | 0.13 | −0.03* |
| Borrow | 0.67 | 0.70 | −0.03 |
| Explanatory variables | |||
| Land Area: < 2 acres | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.06*** |
| Land Area: 2–5 acres | 0.29 | 0.17 | 0.11*** |
| Land Area: > 5 acres | 0.16 | 0.11 | 0.05*** |
| Household owns no land | 0.38 | 0.60 | −0.22*** |
| Household owns livestock | 0.65 | 0.48 | 0.17*** |
| Home garden diversity score: 0 | 0.28 | 1.00 | −0.72*** |
| Home garden diversity score: 1 | 0.23 | 0.00 | 0.23*** |
| Home garden diversity score: 2 | 0.19 | 0.00 | 0.19*** |
| Home garden diversity score: 3 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.14*** |
| Home garden diversity score: 4 | 0.14 | 0.00 | 0.14*** |
| Wealth quintile: Poorest | 0.16 | 0.22 | −0.05*** |
| Wealth quintile: Poor | 0.19 | 0.21 | −0.01 |
| Wealth quintile: Middle | 0.19 | 0.20 | −0.01 |
| Wealth quintile: Rich | 0.21 | 0.19 | 0.02 |
| Wealth quintile: Richest | 0.24 | 0.18 | 0.06*** |
| Mindat | 0.18 | 0.14 | 0.04** |
| Kanpetlet | 0.20 | 0.11 | 0.09*** |
| Pakokku | 0.08 | 0.23 | −0.14*** |
| Yesagyo | 0.15 | 0.17 | −0.02 |
| Kyaiklet | 0.22 | 0.17 | 0.05** |
| Maubin | 0.16 | 0.18 | −0.02 |
| Observations | 959 | 2280 | 3239 |
the numbers refer to mean proportions
*, ** and *** refer to statistical significance at 10%, 5% and 1% levels respectively