Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 3 Regression coefficients and marginal effects for lower income households in rural communities

From: Determinants of household food insecurity in Mexico

		Marginal effects
			Food insecurity
Variable	Coefficients	Food security	Very low	Moderate	Severe
Age 31-45	−0.038	0.013	0.002	−0.004	−0.011
Age 46-60	0.108	−0.036	−0.005	0.011	0.030
Age > =61	0.075	−0.025	−0.003	0.008	0.021
Male	−0.044	0.015	0.002	−0.004	−0.012
Elementary	−0.300***	0.101***	0.013***	−0.030***	−0.085***
Secondary	−0.347***	0.117***	0.015***	−0.035***	−0.098***
High School	−0.666***	0.225***	0.029***	−0.066***	−0.188***
College	−0.794*	0.268*	0.035*	−0.079*	−0.224*
Disable Person	0.262***	−0.089***	−0.011***	0.026***	0.074***
Native Language	0.166***	−0.056***	−0.007***	0.017***	0.047***
Social PP	−0.037	0.013	0.002	−0.004	−0.011
Agricultural HH	−0.246***	0.083***	0.011***	−0.025***	−0.069***
Traditional HH	0.199	−0.067	−0.009	0.020	0.056
Extended HH	−0.015	0.005	0.001	−0.001	−0.004
Composite HH	0.400	−0.135	−0.017	0.040	0.113
Co-resident HH	−1.032*	0.349*	0.045*	−0.103*	−0.291*
Kids 1	0.17**	−0.058**	−0.007**	0.017**	0.048**
Kids 2	0.256***	−0.086***	−0.011***	0.026***	0.072***
Kids 3	0.257***	−0.087***	−0.011***	0.026***	0.073***
Kids 4	0.361***	−0.122***	−0.016***	0.036***	0.102***
Kids >4	0.541***	−0.183***	−0.024***	0.054***	0.153***

Sample size: 4,343 households. HH = Household. Social PP = Social Program participation
*p < .1, **p < .05, ***p < .01

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