Table 8 Effect of food expenditure on household’s food security Source: Author computation from HBS (2017/18) data
From: Determinants of household food expenditure in Tanzania: implications on food security
Dependent variable: household food insecurity access score (HFIAS) | ||
|---|---|---|
Variables | OLS | 2SLS |
LN (Household total food expenditure) | − 0.606*** | − 1.604* |
(− 4.98) | (− 2.42) | |
Age of household head (years) | − 0.00818 | 0.0743 |
(− 0.31) | (0.85) | |
Age of household head (years)2 | 0.000168 | − 0.000132 |
(0.69) | (− 0.19) | |
Household size | 0.0617* | 0.0508 |
(2.07) | (0.60) | |
Sex of household head (1 = male, 0 = female) | − 0.283 | − 0.938 |
(− 1.43) | (− 1.39) | |
Household location (1 = rural, 0 = urban) | − 1.034*** | 1.378 |
(− 5.93) | (0.95) | |
Marital status (1 = married, 0 = not married) | − 0.253 | − 0.992 |
(− 1.26) | (− 1.40) | |
Education (1 ≥ secondary, 0 = primary + no formal education) | 0.111 | 3.401 |
(0.73) | (1.78) | |
Constant | 26.61*** | − 167.1 |
(12.91) | (− 1.53) | |