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. 2022 Jun 22;19(13):7612. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19137612

Table 2.

Impacts of COVID-19 on urban and rural dietary consumption.

(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8)
Grain Red Meat Poultry Aquatic Products Eggs Dairy Vegetables Fruits
Panel A: Urban areas
Number of confirmed cases 0.015 *** −0.011 ** 0.016 ** −0.001 0.022 *** 0.010 ** 0.006 −0.005
(0.004) (0.004) (0.006) (0.005) (0.004) (0.005) (0.004) (0.004)
Per capita GDP 0.026 *** 0.012 −0.010 −0.006 −0.006 −0.002 0.008 0.007
(0.009) (0.010) (0.009) (0.010) (0.006) (0.010) (0.010) (0.009)
Proportion of primary industry 0.001 *** 0.001 *** 0.001 *** −0.000 0.002 *** −0.001 *** −0.000 −0.001 **
(0.000) (0.000) (0.000) (0.000) (0.000) (0.000) (0.000) (0.000)
Child dependency ratio 0.003 0.002 0.006 −0.001 0.002 0.004 0.008 −0.002
(0.005) (0.007) (0.007) (0.005) (0.004) (0.006) (0.007) (0.004)
Old-age dependency ratio −0.000 −0.005 0.007 0.020 ** 0.005 −0.015 * −0.009 0.009
(0.006) (0.010) (0.010) (0.010) (0.008) (0.008) (0.008) (0.007)
Illiteracy rate 0.002 −0.012 0.013 ** 0.007 0.021 *** 0.008 −0.011 0.002
(0.006) (0.011) (0.005) (0.007) (0.005) (0.010) (0.016) (0.008)
Constant 4.529 *** 3.387 *** 1.871 *** 2.128 *** 2.101 *** 2.949 *** 4.608 *** 3.868 ***
(0.110) (0.129) (0.191) (0.166) (0.127) (0.123) (0.140) (0.150)
Provincial fixed effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Year fixed effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
R 2 0.280 0.125 0.602 0.275 0.631 0.076 0.124 0.373
Panel B: Rural areas
Number of confirmed cases 0.022 *** −0.017 * 0.028 *** 0.013 *** 0.029 *** 0.020 ** 0.009 −0.007
(0.004) (0.009) (0.005) (0.004) (0.005) (0.009) (0.007) (0.004)
Per capita GDP −0.002 −0.005 −0.012 −0.001 −0.001 0.012 0.021 * 0.027 **
(0.013) (0.010) (0.008) (0.013) (0.011) (0.013) (0.012) (0.011)
Proportion of primary industry −0.000 0.000 −0.001 ** 0.000 0.000 −0.001 ** 0.001 ** 0.006 ***
(0.000) (0.000) (0.000) (0.000) (0.001) (0.000) (0.001) (0.000)
Child dependency ratio −0.017 ** −0.017 0.004 −0.011 * −0.003 −0.015 0.013 −0.003
(0.007) (0.011) (0.008) (0.006) (0.007) (0.011) (0.014) (0.008)
Old-age dependency ratio 0.018 * 0.006 −0.000 0.009 0.017 0.025 −0.014 0.006
(0.010) (0.009) (0.008) (0.011) (0.012) (0.024) (0.015) (0.012)
Illiteracy rate 0.029 ** 0.037 ** 0.019 ** 0.016 ** 0.031 *** 0.060 * −0.017 −0.020
(0.011) (0.017) (0.007) (0.007) (0.010) (0.035) (0.027) (0.019)
Constant 5.034 *** 3.211 *** 1.675 *** 1.795 *** 1.706 *** 1.557 *** 4.304 *** 3.340 ***
(0.177) (0.173) (0.173) (0.172) (0.198) (0.352) (0.224) (0.176)
Provincial fixed effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Year fixed effects Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
R 2 0.345 0.295 0.802 0.679 0.636 0.264 0.186 0.668

Notes: Standard errors in parentheses are clustered at the provincial level. * p < 0.1, ** p < 0.05, *** p < 0.01