Table 14.
OLS estimation results for food insecurity experience scale (FIES)† and household dietary divert score (HDDS)‡ (n = 1031)
| Variable name | OLS model for FIES | OLS model HDDS | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coefficient | Standard error | t-values | Coefficient | Standard error | t-values | ||
| HH income loss amid-COVID (%) | 0.021*** | 0.003 | 7.19 | -0.011*** | 0.003 | -4.10 | |
| HH job affected by COVID-19 (yes = 1) | 0.455*** | 0.162 | 2.80 | -0.208 | 0.140 | -1.48 | |
| Received family/friends support (yes = 1) | -0.056 | 0.200 | -0.28 | 0.353** | 0.173 | 2.04 | |
| Received gov./NGO support (yes = 1) | 0.252 | 0.246 | 1.03 | -0.148 | 0.214 | -0.69 | |
| Land size owned (ha) | -0.024** | 0.012 | -2.04 | 0.008 | 0.010 | 0.83 | |
| Livestock size owned (TLU) | -0.043*** | 0.012 | -3.70 | 0.028*** | 0.010 | 2.71 | |
| HH in rural area (yes = 1) | 0.116 | 0.177 | 0.66 | 0.122 | 0.153 | 0.80 | |
| Location Northern states (yes = 1) | -1.120*** | 0.189 | -5.94 | -1.208*** | 0.164 | -7.37 | |
| HH head male (yes = 1) | -0.094 | 0.167 | -0.56 | 0.313** | 0.144 | 2.17 | |
| HH head age (years) | -0.017** | 0.007 | -2.31 | 0.012* | 0.006 | 1.89 | |
| Household size (#) | 0.013 | 0.019 | 0.70 | -0.033** | 0.016 | -2.03 | |
| HH head married (yes = 1) | -0.213 | 0.195 | -1.09 | 0.209 | 0.169 | 1.24 | |
| Education above secondary (yes = 1) | -0.402** | 0.165 | -2.44 | 0.600*** | 0.143 | 4.21 | |
| HH livelihood on-farm (yes = 1) | 0.048 | 0.165 | 0.29 | -0.611*** | 0.142 | -4.29 | |
| HH member migrated_COVID-19 (yes = 1) | 0.377 | 0.265 | 1.43 | -0.036 | 0.230 | -0.15 | |
| Access to COVID-related info (yes = 1) | 0.624** | 0.296 | 2.11 | 0.404 | 0.258 | 1.57 | |
| Constant | 5.002** | 0.485 | 10.32 | 7.833*** | 0.420 | 18.65 | |
| Model diagnostics for FIES | Model diagnostics for HDDS | ||||||
| Mean dependent var | 5.333 | Mean dependent var | 8.133 | ||||
| F-test | 9.577 | F-test | 10.839 | ||||
| Akaike crit. (AIC) | 3877.159 | Akaike crit. (AIC) | 3623.114 | ||||
| SD dependent var | 2.472 | SD dependent var | 2.159 | ||||
| Number of obs | 1031 | Number of obs | 1031 | ||||
| Prob > F | 0.000 | Prob > F | 0.000 | ||||
| Bayesian crit. (BIC) | 3957.987 | Bayesian crit. (BIC) | 3703.923 | ||||