Household socio-economic determinants of food security in Limpopo Province of South Africa: a cross sectional survey

Table 6 Results of multiple linear regression on sociodemographic characteristics and dietary practices associated with food insecurity

Variable	Coefficient	Standard error	T	p–value
Gender (female, male)	0.119	0.284	2.693	0.002
Age	0.051	0.007	1.302	0.193
Number of family members in the household (≤ 6, ≥ 6)	0.132	0.192	3.446	0.001
Income level (≤ 3000 ZAR, ≥ 3000 ZAR)	− 0.967	0.275	− 3.443	0.001
Number of meals eaten per day (≤ 2, ≥ 3)	0.077	0.234	0.328	0.532
Eating of breakfast (yes, no)	− 0.189	0.454	− 0.416	0.678
Frequency of eating breakfast (daily, sometimes)	− 0.298	0.242	− 7.530	0.000
Prepare food at home (home, out of home)	− 0.086	0.374	0.230	0.818
Fruit and vegetable daily intake	0.050	0.427	0.118	0.906
R²	0.137

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