Table 1. Sample descriptive statistics (means or percentages) (N = 6,992).
| Variables | 2015 (N = 2,381) | 2018 (N = 2,348) | 2019 (N = 2,263) | All sample (N = 6,992) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Male head (dummy) | 0.655 | 0.662 | 0.669 | 0.662 | ||||
| Age of head (years) | 47.91 | (16.14) | 47.69 | (15.90) | 47.78 | (15.94) | 47.80 | (15.99) |
| Household size (persons) | 5.746 | (3.240) | 5.662 | (3.118) | 5.785 | (3.189) | 5.730 | (3.183) |
| Education of head (years) | 1.440 | (3.387) | 1.333 | (3.396) | 1.309 | (3.263) | 1.362 | (3.351) |
| Mobile phone use (dummy) | 0.631 | 0.628 | 0.627 | 0.629 | ||||
| Total assets (million UGX) | 6.35 | (2.09) | 6.93 | (2.79) | 6.64 | (2.73) | 6.64 | (2.53) |
| Experienced shocks (dummy) | 0.733 | 0.778 | 0.783 | 0.764 | ||||
| Land Size (Acres by GPS) | 0.686 | (3.609) | 0.682 | (1.858) | 0.624 | (1.742) | 0.664 | (2.565) |
| Farming (main income source) | 0.585 | 0.585 | 0.595 | 0.589 | ||||
| FPD (bio index) | 4.911 | (3.319) | 4.790 | (3.282) | 4.931 | (3.282) | 4.877 | (3.295) |
| Crops FPD (bio index) | 3.483 | (2.761) | 3.345 | (2.748) | 3.431 | (2.777) | 3.420 | (2.762) |
| Animals’ FPD (bio index) | 1.429 | (1.307) | 1.445 | (1.338) | 1.499 | (1.340) | 1.457 | (1.328) |
| HDDS (food groups) | 9.972 | (2.594) | 10.09 | (2.558) | 10.18 | (2.371) | 10.08 | (2.513) |
| Energy (kilocalories/AE) | 3,286 | (2,838) | 2,048 | (1,643) | 1,925 | (2,139) | 2,430 | (2,347) |
| Iron (milligrams/AE) | 25.75 | (23.55) | 17.65 | (13.37) | 17.60 | (18.76) | 20.39 | (19.43) |
| Zinc (milligrams/AE) | 17.36 | (16.70) | 11.20 | (9.260) | 11.42 | (10.33) | 13.37 | (12.90) |
| Vitamin A (rae_micrograms/AE) | 850.3 | (1,217) | 549.6 | (789.0) | 712.2 | (3,504) | 704.6 | (2,168) |
| From markets | ||||||||
| Energy (kilocalories/AE) | 2,154 | (2,291) | 1,293 | (1,396) | 1,209 | (1,280) | 1,559 | (1,776) |
| Iron (milligrams/AE) | 14.42 | (17.97) | 9.760 | (10.41) | 10.22 | (10.69) | 11.50 | (13.70) |
| Zinc (milligrams/AE) | 11.53 | (13.75) | 7.203 | (7.863) | 7.747 | (7.976) | 8.851 | (10.46) |
| Vitamin A (rae_micrograms/AE) | 378.7 | (920.5) | 223.7 | (507.8) | 272.7 | (705.9) | 292.4 | (735.2) |
| From own production | ||||||||
| Energy (kilocalories/AE) | 1,132 | (1,369) | 755.1 | (879.8) | 716.2 | (1,741) | 870.9 | (1,384) |
| Iron (milligrams/AE) | 11.33 | (13.88) | 7.887 | (9.030) | 7.382 | (15.83) | 8.895 | (13.31) |
| Zinc (milligrams/AE) | 5.834 | (7.503) | 3.994 | (4.931) | 3.676 | (6.555) | 4.518 | (6.492) |
| Vitamin A (rae_micrograms/AE) | 471.6 | (827.4) | 325.9 | (592.4) | 439.4 | (3,440) | 412.3 | (2,045) |
| Deficiencies | ||||||||
| Energy | 0.457 | 0.664 | 0.699 | 0.605 | ||||
| Iron | 0.451 | 0.602 | 0.622 | 0.557 | ||||
| Zinc | 0.567 | 0.751 | 0.722 | 0.679 | ||||
| Vitamin A | 0.572 | 0.727 | 0.696 | 0.664 | ||||
FPD is farm production diversity, HDDS is household dietary diversity score, UGX is Uganda shillings (1USD = 3,557 UGX over considered years), in parentheses are standard deviations. Values without standard deviations are percentages, GPS is global positioning system, AE is adult equivalent, rae_mg is retinal activity equivalents micrograms