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Table 3 Associations between socioeconomic factors and food loss based on countries’ level of income

From: Socioeconomic factors of global food loss

 

All(1)

Low-income(2)

Middle- and high-income(3)

GNI per capita (log)

− 0.733**

− 0.349

− 0.371

 

(0.210)

(0.260)

(0.504)

Agriculture share of GDP

0.055***

0.047***

0.157***

 

(0.004)

(0.004)

(0.025)

Employment in agriculture

− 0.025**

− 0.023*

− 0.003

 

(0.009)

(0.008)

(0.040)

Years of education

0.167*

0.121*

0.367*

 

(0.079)

(0.052)

(0.115)

Access to electricity in rural area

− 0.016

− 0.013

− 0.010

 

(0.017)

(0.022)

(0.021)

Mobile cellular subscription

0.008

0.011***

0.004

 

(0.005)

(2.040e-4)

(0.014)

Political stability

− 0.504

0.345

− 0.749

 

(0.838)

(0.314)

(2.108)

Export volume index

− 3.157e-4***

− 2.960e-4**

0.001

 

(6.503e-5)

(8.779e-5)

(0.003)

World region fixed effects included

Yes

Yes

Yes

Time fixed effects included

Yes

Yes

Yes

Number of observations

10100

6907

3193

Standard errors by:

World region

World region

World region

  1. Coefficient estimates of fixed effects models are shown with standard errors in parentheses. ***, **, * are significant at 1%, 5%, and 10%, respectively.