Table 6 Results of logistic regression analysis for selected explanatory variables on food insecurity
Variables | B | SE | Wald | df | Sig. | Exp(B) | 95 CI for EXP(B) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lower | Upper | |||||||
HH Size | 0.748 | 0.320 | 5.467 | 1 | 0.019 | 2.113 | 1.129 | 3.955 |
Livestock number | − 1.351 | 0.477 | 8.005 | 1 | 0.005 | 0.259 | 0.102 | 0.660 |
Educational level of HH head | − 5.626 | 1.3229 | 17.934 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.004 | 0.000 | 0.049 |
Sex of HH head | 0.994 | 0.556 | 3.203 | 1 | 0.075 | 2.703 | 1.910 | 6.032 |
Age of HH head’s | 0.391 | 0.193 | 4.099 | 1 | 0.043 | 1.479 | 1.013 | 2.159 |
Small land size | 0.755 | 0.321 | 5.526 | 1 | 0.019 | 2.128 | 1.134 | 3.993 |
Not using credit use by the HH | 0.343 | 0.195 | 3.102 | 1 | 0.078 | 1.409 | 0.962 | 2.064 |
Lacking confidence of HH | 0.609 | 0.205 | 8.839 | 1 | 0.003 | 1.839 | 1.231 | 2.747 |
Borrowing money from informal rural money lenders | 1.150 | 0.503 | 5.222 | 1 | 0.022 | 3.157 | 1.178 | 8.463 |
Marital form | 0.139 | 0.110 | 1.602 | 1 | 0.206 | 1.150 | 0.926 | 1.427 |
Not using agricultural inputs | 1.008 | 0.303 | 11.098 | 1 | 0.001 | 2.740 | 1.514 | 4.959 |
Distance to the market | 0.130 | 0.084 | 2.423 | 1 | 0.120 | 1.39 | 0.967 | 1.341 |
Not involving petty trade | 1.229 | 0.400 | 9.447 | 1 | 0.002 | 3.417 | 1.561 | 7.480 |