Determinants of household food insecurity in Mexico

Magaña-Lemus, David; Ishdorj, Ariun; Rosson, C. Parr; Lara-Álvarez, Jorge

doi:10.1186/s40100-016-0054-9

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 2 Regression coefficients and marginal effects (Robust estimation)

From: Determinants of household food insecurity in Mexico

		Marginal effects
			Food insecurity
Variable	Coefficients	Food security	Very low	Moderate	Severe
Age 31-45	−0.056	0.019	−0.004	−0.006	−0.009
Age 46-60	−0.076	0.025	−0.006	−0.008	−0.012
Age > =61	−0.324***	0.108***	−0.024***	−0.033***	−0.051***
Male	−0.074**	0.025**	−0.006**	−0.007**	−0.011**
Elementary	−0.246***	0.082***	−0.019***	−0.025***	−0.038***
Secondary	−0.379***	0.126***	−0.029***	−0.038***	−0.059***
High School	−0.608***	0.202***	−0.046***	−0.062***	−0.095***
College	−0.853***	0.284***	−0.064***	−0.087***	−0.133***
“SWD” Mother	0.065*	−0.022*	0.005*	0.007*	0.010*
Disable Person	0.320***	−0.107***	0.024***	0.033***	0.050***
Native Language	0.110***	−0.037***	0.008***	0.011***	0.017***
Low Income	−0.255***	0.085***	−0.019***	−0.026***	−0.04***
Middle Income	−0.536***	0.178***	−0.040***	−0.054***	−0.083***
Higher Income	−1.062***	0.354***	−0.080***	−0.108***	−0.166***
Agricultural HH	−0.17***	0.057***	−0.013***	−0.017***	−0.027***
Traditional HH	−0.283***	0.094***	−0.021***	−0.029***	−0.044***
Extended HH	−0.318***	0.106***	−0.024***	−0.032***	−0.050***
Composite HH	−0.046	0.015	−0.003	−0.005	−0.007
Co-resident HH	−0.207	0.069	−0.016	−0.021	−0.032
Kids 1	0.041	−0.014	0.003	0.004	0.006
Kids 2	0.072**	−0.024**	0.005**	0.007**	0.011**
Kids 3	0.146***	−0.049***	0.011***	0.015***	0.023***
Kids 4	0.227***	−0.076***	0.017***	0.023***	0.035***
Kids >4	0.344***	−0.114***	0.026***	0.035***	0.054***
Large City	−0.075***	0.025***	−0.006***	−0.008***	−0.012***
Medium City	−0.125***	0.042***	−0.009***	−0.013***	−0.019***
Small City	−0.084***	0.028***	−0.006***	−0.008***	−0.013***
Region 1	0.126***	−0.042***	0.009***	0.013***	0.020***
Region 2	0.133***	−0.044***	0.010***	0.013***	0.021***
Region 3	−0.004	0.001	−0.0003	−0.0004	−0.001
Region 4	0.216***	−0.072***	0.016***	0.022***	0.034***
Region 5	−0.060	0.020	−0.005	−0.006	−0.009
Region 6	0.076**	−0.025**	0.006**	0.008**	0.012**

Sample size: 61,467 households. HH = Household. “SDW” = Single, Divorced or Widowed
*p < .1, **p < .05, ***p < .01

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