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Table 6 Socio-economic and demographic predictors of energy and nutrient required and supplied from own agricultural production

From: Recommended daily allowance-based contribution of household’s own agricultural production to food and nutrition security in Karamoja sub-region of Uganda

Predictors

Energy

Protein

Iron

Zinc

Required

Supplied

Required

Supplied

Required

Supplied

Required

Supplied

Age (20 to 39 years)

− 0.002

− 0.001

− 0.046

− 0.002

− 0.014

− 0.006

− 0.029

− 0.003

Marital Status

− 0.019

− 0.005

− 0.042

− 0.019

− 0.062

− 0.017

− 0.046

− 0.003

Family type (polygamous)

0.093

0.103

− 0.044

0.093

− 0.035

0.112*

− 0.038

0.098

Occupation of household head (Subsistence farming)

− 0.08

− 0.065

0.071

− 0.08

0.078

− 0.088

0.077

− 0.087

Occupation of spouse (Subsistence farming)

0.139*

0.152*

0.078

0.139*

0.055

0.136*

0.063

0.158*

Education of Spouse

− 0.033

− 0.015

0.116*

− 0.033

0.101

− 0.03

0.116*

− 0.026

Education of household head (No Formal education)

− 0.302*

− 0.287*

0.011

− 0.302*

0.005

− 0.333*

0.001

− 0.279*

No. women married

0.021

0.016

0.076

0.021

0.084

0.047

0.074

0.014

Household size

0.029

0.045

0.098*

0.029

0.116*

0.029

0.111*

0.045

  1. Standardized Coefficients; * coefficients are significant at 5% for the predictor; household size, occupation (1 = subsistence farming; 0 = otherwise) age (1 = 20 to 39 years; 0 = otherwise), education (1 = no formal education; 0 = otherwise), family type (1 = polygamous family; 0 = otherwise), marital status (1 = married; 0 = otherwise), number of women married