Table 2 Description of key variables
From: Does linking women farmers to markets improve food security? Evidence from rural Bangladesh
Variable | Description |
|---|---|
Outcome variables | Â |
Monthly expenditure patterns | Â |
Decrease in food expenditures |  = 1 if a household reports that monthly expenditures on food and beverage have been decreased, compared to 6 months ago; 0 if otherwise |
Decrease in healthcare expenditures |  = 1 if a household reports that monthly expenditures on healthcare have been decreased, compared to 6 months ago; 0 if otherwise |
Decrease in education expenditures |  = 1 if a household reports that monthly expenditures on child education have been decreased, compared to 6 months ago; 0 if otherwise |
Decrease in transportation expenditures |  = 1 if a household reports that monthly expenditures on transportation have been decreased, compared to 6 months ago; 0 if otherwise |
Food security and dietary diversity | Â |
HFIS |  = Household Food Insecurity Score measured with 18 items |
HDDS |  = Household Dietary Diversity Score measured with 12 items |
Homestead food production and marketing | Â |
Chicken rearing |  = 1 if a household raises poultry (chicken or duck); 0 if otherwise |
Chicken production |  = Total number of chickens that a household currently has and sold in the past 4 weeks |
Sale of chicken |  = 1 if a household sold chicken during the past 4 weeks; 0 if otherwise |
Vegetable cultivation |  = 1 if a household cultivates vegetables; 0 for otherwise |
Vegetable production |  = Total vegetable production in kilogram during the previous growing season (March–June) |
Sale of vegetable |  = 1 if a household have sold vegetables during the growing season (March–June); 0 if otherwise |
Independent variables | Â |
Husband age |  = Husband’s age |
Wife age |  = Wife’s age |
Husband primary education |  = 1 if a husband had some primary education or less (0–5 years of education) |
Wife primary education |  = 1 if a wife had some primary education or less (0–5 years of education) |
Muslim |  = 1 for having Muslim religion; 0 for otherwise |
Household size |  = Number of household members |
Economic activity | Â |
Wealth |  = Wealth index value estimated by the principal component analysis (PCA) with 13 types of assets (radio, cell phone, bicycle, motorcycle, refrigerator, camera, fans, television, sewing machine, clock, individual housing structure, earth and sand floor, and firewood as cooking fuel) |
Monthly expenditure |  = Household’s total monthly expenditure in taka |
Non-agricultural day labor |  = 1 if a household member is involved in non-agricultural day labor activity; 0 if otherwise |
Village characteristics | Â |
Population |  = Total number of people in the village |
Access to market |  = Distance to the nearest Upazila market in kilometer |
Health clinics |  = 1 if there is a health clinic in the village; 0 if otherwise |
Primary school |  = 1 if there is a primary school in the village; 0 if otherwise |
Secondary school |  = 1 if there is a secondary school in the village; 0 if otherwise |
Post office |  = 1 if there is a post office in the village; 0 if otherwise |