Analysis of poverty, income inequality and their effects on food insecurity in southern Ethiopia

Table 7 Quantile regression model result

Dependent variable is income
Variables	0.1		0.25		0.50		0.75		0.90
Variables	Coef	t ratio	Coef	t ratio	Coef	t ratio	Coef	t ratio	Coef	t ratio
Sex	77.95	0.44	148.82	0.83	250.82	0.98	616.68	1.36	526.60	0.74
Age-square	0.025	0.2	0.02	0.15	0.45	2.11**	0.70	4.03***	0.75	1.39
Education	43.08	1.46	73.82	2.17**	116.02	4.08***	179.61	4.97***	270.69	3.83***
Family size	− 91.17	− 0.93	− 93.72	− 3.07***	− 95.35	− 1.36	− 25.55	− 0.11	− 32.53	− 0.09
Migration	− 148.17	− 0.56	− 475.50	− 1.42	− 482.94	− 1.59	− 360.11	− 0.72	− 458.11	− 0.53
Health	121	0.4	490.04	0.81	677.07	2.21**	47.47	0.05	− 657.15	− 0.37
Occupation (unemployed)	− 350.34	− 1.03	− 539.37	− 1.28	− 1074.71	− 1.83	− 1403.14	− 2.36**	− 996.01	− 0.27
Occupation (agriculture)	157.07	0.6	55.95	0.15	− 597.33	− 1.41	− 499.68	− 1.03	213.53	0.24
Occupation (trade)	194.64	0.68	− 248.88	− 0.42	179.69	0.35	738.57	0.64	5041.44	1.55
Occupation (wage workers)	− 249.01	− 0.41	− 642.91	− 1.7	− 1254.73	− 2.77***	− 1515.98	− 1.76	− 375.00	− 0.35
Savings	0.95	5.18***	1.36	4.7***	1.71	7.52***	1.76	6.08***	1.26	2.11**
Remittance	0.29	0.49	0.53	0.53	1.94	1.16	3.58	2.7***	1.70	1.53
Access to credit	138.96	0.38	534.92	2.07**	720.80	1.53	961.73	2.49**	1399.73	2.21**
House ownership	1404.12	6.28***	1700.52	8.63***	1709.15	6.11***	2533.07	5.96***	3361.95	3.07***
Electric	− 96.25	− 0.32	− 194.05	− 1.05	− 163.70	− 0.39	− 1389.38	− 2.16**	− 1621.07	− 1.7
Constant	347.83	0.4	226.03	0.32	− 190.65	− 0.25	0.70	− 0.32	− 1278.57	− 0.62
	Pseudo-R² 0.3559		Pseudo-R² = 0.3864		Pseudo-R² 0.4097		Pseudo-R² = 0.4294		Pseudo-R² 0.4487

ISSN: 2048-7010