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Table 9 Poverty, income inequality and their effect on household’s food security status

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

 

Food secure (n = 114) % or mean

Food insecure (n = 113) % or mean

\(\chi^{2}\) or t-test (Std. Error)

Food poverty

 Headcount (Incidence)

38.52

45.86

− 7.34** (0.033)

 Gap (depth)

11.21

18.99

− 7.78* (0.047)

 Severity

0.9

0.07

0.97 (0.068)

Total poverty

 Headcount (incidence)

29.48

38.24

− 9.24** (0.079)

 Gap (depth)

12.06

11.1

0.96 (0.065)

 Severity

6.21

5.24

0.97 (0.068)

Income inequality

 Gini coefficient

[0.3911]

[0.4785] 0.4472

− 0.09b (0.306)

  1. 1. Variable in parentheses is mean
  2. 2. ****, ** and * indicate the level of significance at 1, 5 and 10 percent, respectively
  3. Source: model result (2019)