Determinants of household food expenditure in Tanzania: implications on food security

Table 6 Pairwise correlation between the variables

	LNfoodx	Hhhage	Hhsize	Hhhsex	Location	lnIncome	Marst	Hhhedu
LNfoodx	1
hhhage	− 0.017	1
Hhsize	0.348**	0.088**	1
Hhhsex	0.116**	− 0.172**	0.158**	1
Location	− 0.197**	0.091**	0.137**	0.036**	1
LnIncome	0.106**	− 0.125**	− 0.001**	0.070**	− 0.138**	1
Marst	0.147**	− 0.129	0.290**	0.582**	0.091**	0.047**	1
Hhheduc	0.185**	− 0.135**	− 0.117**	0.044**	− 0.281**	0.248**	0.017	1

LNfoodx, lnIncome represents natural logarithms of household food expenditure and household income; Hhhage = age of household head, Hhsize = household size, Hhhsex = sex of household head, Marst = marital status, Location = dummy (1 = residing in rural areas, 0 = urban areas)
^**represents significant at p < 0.01

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