Table 4 Marginal effects of explanatory variables for FS level
Variables | HFCS categories | HDDS categories | MAHFP categories | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Poor | Borderline | Acceptable | Low | Medium | High | Most FI | Moderately FI | Least FI | |
Season | − 0.570 (0.038)*** | 0.568 (0.038)*** | 0.002 (0.001) | − 0.323 (0.035)*** | − 0.083 (0.044)* | 0.406 (0.031)*** | − 0.309 (0.039)*** | 0.182 (0.027)*** | 0.126 (0.020)*** |
Gender | 0.126 (0.059)** | − 0.125 (0.059)** | 0.000 (0.000) | 0.028 (0.033) | − 0.016 (0.018) | − 0.012 (0.015) | 0.019 (0.051) | − 0.012 (0.031) | − 0.008 (0.020) |
Age | 0.001 (0.002) | − 0.001 (0.002) | 0.000 (0.000) | 0.004 (0.001)*** | − 0.004 (0.001)*** | − 0.000 (0.000) | 0.003 (0.002) | − 0.003 (0.002)* | 0.001 (0.001) |
Geographic location | 0.003 (0.105) | − 0.003 (0.105) | 0.000 (0.000) | − 0.341 (0.067)*** | 0.174 (0.049)*** | 0.167 (0.052)*** | − 0.261 (0.099)*** | 0.154 (0.056)*** | 0.107 (0.046)** |
Size of land | 0.024 (0.024) | − 0.023 (0.024) | 0.000 (0.000) | 0.019 (0.017) | − 0.011 (0.010) | -0.008 (0.007) | − 0.058 (0.024)** | 0.036 (0.015)** | 0.022 (0.010)** |
Quality of land | 0.041 (0.068) | − 0.040 (0.067) | 0.000 (0.000) | − 0.123 (0.042)*** | 0.066 (0.025)*** | 0.057 (0.026)** | − 0.265 (0.069)*** | 0.150 0.037*** | 0.116 (0.036)*** |
Maize | − 0.136 (0.047)*** | 0.136 (0.046)*** | 0.000 (0.000) | − 0.068 (0.047) | 0.045 (0.034) | 0.023 (0.015) | − 0.077 (0.061) | 0.049 (0.040) | 0.028 (0.021) |
Sorghum | − 0.055 (0.068) | 0.055 (0.067) | 0.000 (0.000) | − 0.007 (0.045) | 0.004 (0.027) | 0.003 (0.018) | 0.006 (0.068) | − 0.004 (0.042) | − 0.002 (0.026) |
Cassava | − 0.207 (0.079)*** | 0.207 (0.079)*** | 0.001 (0.000) | − 0.170 (0.049)*** | 0.094 (0.032)*** | 0.077 (0.029)*** | − 0.169 (0.073)** | 0.101 (0.043)** | 0.068 (0.032)** |
Rice | − 0.060 (0.057) | 0.059 (0.057) | 0.000 (0.000) | − 0.108 (0.032)*** | 0.053 (0.019)*** | 0.055 (0.023)** | − 0.136 (0.056)** | 0.079 (0.031)** | 0.058 (0.026)** |
Size of household | 0.014 (0.011) | − 0.014 (0.011) | 0.000 (0.000) | 0.013 (0.007)* | − 0.008 (0.005) | − 0.005 (0.003) | 0.011 (0.011) | − 0.019 (0.009)** | 0.008 (0.005) |
Off-farm income | − 0.117 (0.068)* | 0.117 (0.068)* | 0.000 (0.000) | − 0.014 (0.038) | 0.008 (0.021) | 0.006 (0.017) | 0.017 (0.059) | − 0.011 (0.037) | − 0.007 (0.022) |
Livestock diversity | 0.000 (0.003) | 0.000 (0.003) | 0.000 (0.000) | − 0.009 (0.003)*** | 0.005 (0.002)*** | 0.004 (0.001)*** | − 0.011 (0.004)*** | 0.007 (0.002)*** | 0.004 (0.001)*** |
Education | − 0.007 (0.009) | 0.007 (0.009) | 0.000 (0.000) | − 0.011 (0.006)* | 0.006 (0.004) | 0.004 (0.003) | − 0.011 (0.009) | 0.007 (0.006) | 0.004 (0.004) |
Cash crops | − 0.191 (0.074)** | 0.190 (0.073)** | 0.001 (0.000) | − 0.019 (0.040) | 0.011 (0.023) | 0.008 (0.018) | − 0.086 (0.064) | 0.051 (0.037) | 0.035 (0.028) |
Crop Diversity | − 0.150 (0.022)*** | 0.149 (0.022)*** | 0.000 (0.000) | − 0.025 (0.014)* | 0.015 (0.009)* | 0.010 (0.006)* | 0.050 (0.021)** | − 0.031 (0.013)** | − 0.019 (0.008)** |