Determinants of seasonal food security among smallholder farmers in south-central Uganda

Table 1 Coefficients and statistical significance for odds ratio (OR) of having three versus two or less meals per day during seasons of plenty and scarcity (n = 84)

Variables	Model	Coefficients	P value	OR
Soil quality (fair)	Plenty > 2	− 0.081	0.901	0.923
	Scarcity > 2	− 0.587	0.507	0.908
Soil quality (good)	Plenty > 2	− 0.002	0.998	0.998
	Scarcity > 2	− 0.899	0.536	1.704
Off-farm income**	Plenty > 2	− 0.067	0.909	0.935
	Scarcity > 2	− 2.053	0.033	0.128
Total acreage**	Plenty > 2	0.368	0.015	1.444
	Scarcity > 2	0.533	0.007	1.704
ln (banana yield)**	Plenty > 2	0.622	0.043	1.863
	Scarcity > 2	0.497	0.197	1.644
ln (coffee yield)	Plenty > 2	− 0.077	0.636	0.926
	Scarcity > 2	− 0.112	0.568	0.894
ln (maize yield)*	Plenty > 2	0.247	0.508	1.281
	Scarcity > 2	0.946	0.097	2.574
ln (bean yield)*	Plenty > 2	0.793	0.064	2.210
	Scarcity > 2	1.157	0.060	3.180
Years lived in village	Plenty > 2	− 0.017	0.380	0.983
	Scarcity > 2	− 0.007	0.792	0.993
Household size	Plenty > 2	− 0.094	0.420	0.910
	Scarcity > 2	− 0.048	0.759	0.953
Electricity	Plenty > 2	0.172	0.787	1.188
	Scarcity > 2	0.879	0.293	2.408
Education	Plenty > 2	− 0.025	0.816	0.976
	Scarcity > 2	0.131	0.358	1.138

Test		χ ²	df	P value
Overall model evaluation
Likelihood ratio test	Plenty	21.462	1	0.029
	Scarcity	31.566	1	0.001
Goodness-of-fit test
Hosmer and Lemeshow	Plenty	6.748	8	0.564
	Scarcity	13.763	8	0.088

ISSN: 2048-7010