Table 11.

Elasticities of covariates, post-estimation of ordered logit model for Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) (n = 1031)

Variable name	Elasticity FIES = 1 (ey/ex)	Standard error (FIES = 1)	Elasticity FIES = 2 (ey/ex)	Standard error (FIES = 2)	Elasticity FIES = 3 (ey/ex)	Standard error (FIES = 3)	Elasticity FIES = 4 (ey/ex)	Standard error (FIES = 4)
HH income loss amid-COVID (%)	-0.702***	0.139	-0.612***	0.126	-0.484***	0.106	0.171***	0.028
HH job affected by COVID-19 (yes = 1)	-0.173***	0.064	-0.151***	0.058	-0.121**	0.049	0.041***	0.012
Received family/friends support (yes = 1)	0.012	0.036	0.010	0.031	0.008	0.023	-0.003	0.010
Received gov./NGO support (yes = 1)	-0.049	0.032	-0.044	0.030	-0.037	0.027	0.009**	0.004
Land size owned (ha)	0.056***	0.019	0.042***	0.013	0.027***	0.008	-0.022**	0.009
Livestock size owned (TLU)	0.070***	0.018	0.047***	0.009	0.026***	0.004	-0.035***	0.012
HH in rural area (yes = 1)	0.028	0.119	0.024	0.099	0.017	0.072	-0.009	0.037
Location Northern states (yes = 1)	0.164***	0.040	0.122***	0.026	0.072*	0.013	-0.072***	0.023
HH head male (yes = 1)	0.096	0.092	0.077	0.073	0.054	0.050	-0.033	0.033
HH head age (years)	0.479*	0.267	0.391*	0.216	0.279*	0.153	-0.156*	0.090
Household size (#)	0.052	0.142	0.043	0.116	0.031	0.082	-0.017	0.047
HH head married (yes = 1)	0.198	0.147	0.160	0.118	0.112	0.081	-0.067	0.051
Education above secondary (yes = 1)	0.200**	0.086	0.162**	0.068	0.114**	0.046	-0.068**	0.032
HH livelihood on-farm (yes = 1)	-0.004	0.090	-0.003	0.075	-0.002	0.055	0.001	0.028
HH member migrated_COVID-19 (yes = 1)	-0.043	0.032	-0.039	0.030	-0.032	0.026	0.009**	0.005
Access to COVID-related info (yes = 1)	-0.351	0.242	-0.292	0.203	-0.215	0.151	0.106	0.072