Table 5.
COVID-19 cases, government responses and household food security outcomes.
| (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skip a meal | Ran out of food | Went without eating for a whole day | Food insecurity index | |
| Post dummy (2020 round) | 0.404*** | 0.241*** | 0.118*** | 0.669*** |
| (0.042) | (0.040) | (0.034) | (0.087) | |
| High COVID-19 cases*Lockdown | 0.209*** | 0.174*** | 0.126** | 0.434*** |
| (0.052) | (0.053) | (0.052) | (0.111) | |
| High COVID-19 cases*No-lockdown | 0.037 | 0.121* | 0.113** | 0.230* |
| (0.063) | (0.062) | (0.051) | (0.133) | |
| Low COVID-19 cases*Lockdown | 0.052 | 0.027 | 0.090 | 0.109 |
| (0.062) | (0.057) | (0.076) | (0.120) | |
| Household fixed effects | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| R-squared | 0.42 | 0.26 | 0.16 | 0.38 |
| No. observations | 3764 | 3764 | 3764 | 3764 |
Note: “High” and “Low” COVID-19 cases are defined as above and below the median confirmed values in our sample, respectively. Lockdown stands for indicator variables for those states who introduced lockdown measures to contain the spread of the virus. All estimations are adjusted by sampling weights for accounting non-response in the phone survey. Standard errors, clustered at EA level, are given in parentheses. * p < 0.10, **p < 0.05, ***p < 0.01.
Source: Authors' calculations based on Nigeria LSMS-ISA 2018–19 and 2020 rounds.