Table 2 Definition of variables and their descriptive statistics
From: Determinants of household food expenditure in Tanzania: implications on food security
Variable | Description | Mean | Std. Dev |
|---|---|---|---|
Food expenditure | Household monthly food expenditure in TZS (2017/18) | 159,072.77 | 141,660.99 |
Household income | Annual household income in TZS | 946,893.39 | 2,343,842.6 |
Age | Age of the head of household in years | 47.106 | 15.737 |
Household size | Number of members in a household | 4.866 | 2.908 |
Sex | 1 if household head is male, 0 = female | 0.727 | 0.445 |
Marital status | 1 = married, 0 = not married | 0.678 | 0.467 |
Education level | 1 = no formal education, 0 = formal education | 0.502 | 0.5 |
Location | 1 = rural, 0 = urban | 0.7065 | 0.647 |
Employment status | 1 = employed, 0 = not employed | 0.112 | 0.315 |
Land ownership | 1 = yes, 0 = no | 0.625 | 0.484 |
Assets | 1 = if household owns a mobile phone, 0 = not own | 0.768 | 0.422 |
Regional dummy | 1 = Tanzania food basket region, 0 = otherwise | 0.202 | 0.402 |
Own produced | Expenditure on own household produced food (TZS) | 42,673.01 | 75,678.98 |
Purchased food | Household expenditure on purchased food (TZS) | 96,429.53 | 99,864.36 |