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. 2021 Feb 20;18(4):2059. doi: 10.3390/ijerph18042059

Table 2.

Results of the robust Poisson regression analysis showing the factors that determine the HDDS in rural households.

HDDS Coefficients Robust Standard Error p-Value Confidence Interval (95%)
Lower Upper
Housing size (number of rooms) 0.007 0.003 0.057 * 0.000 0.013
Household size (number of members) 0.005 0.005 0.013 ** 0.003 0.022
Age of the head of household (years) −0.001 0.000 0.206 −0.001 0.000
Sex of the head of household (male = 0, female = 1)
Female 0.001 0.015 0.959 −0.029 0.031
Level of education of the head of household (uneducated = 0, primary = 1, secondary or higher = 2)
Primary 0.030 0.033 0.362 −0.035 0.095
Secondary or higher 0.062 0.034 0.072 * −0.005 0.129
Marital status of the head of household (single = 0, married = 1, widow(er) = 2, divorced = 3, consensual union = 4, separated = 5, single mother = 6)
Married 0.003 0.020 0.867 −0.035 0.042
Widow(er) −0.039 0.029 0.173 −0.095 0.017
Divorced 0.077 0.026 0.003 *** 0.026 0.127
Consensual union 0.051 0.023 0.022 ** 0.007 0.096
Separated 0.057 0.026 0.029 ** 0.006 0.109
Single mother −0.004 0.035 0.906 −0.073 0.065
Area of cultivated land (ha) 0.006 0.002 0.001 *** 0.003 0.010
Total expenditure per capita (USD weekly) 0.001 0.001 0.302 −0.001 0.002
Food expenditure per capita (USD weekly) 0.003 0.001 0.001 *** 0.001 0.006
_cons 2.235 0.041 0.000 2.155 2.315
Log pseudolikelihood= −756.2957
Number of obs.= 347.0000
Wald chi2 (15)= 110.7300
Prob > chi2= 0.0000
Pseudo R2= 0.0076

Note: Significance levels: * p < 0.10, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01. HDDS: Household Dietary Diversity Score. Source: Authors’ own elaboration from surveys, 2019.