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Table 4 Descriptive summary of discrete variables
| Variable | Food secure (n = 45) | Food insecure (n = 170) | Chi-square value | Asymp. sig (2-sided) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percent | Number | Percent | |||
| Education status of the HH head | ||||||
| Literate | 20 | 44.4 | 39 | 22.9 | 8.26 | 0.004* |
| Illiterate | 25 | 55.6 | 131 | 77.1 | ||
| Gender of the HH head | ||||||
| Male | 38 | 84.4 | 134 | 78.8 | 0.703 | 0.402 |
| Female | 7 | 15.6 | 36 | 21.2 | ||
| Access to PSNP | ||||||
| Yes | 10 | 22.2 | 37 | 21.8 | 0.004 | 0.947 |
| No | 35 | 77.8 | 133 | 78.2 | ||
| Access to credit service | ||||||
| Yes | 31 | 68.9 | 135 | 79.4 | 2.24 | 0.135 |
| No | 14 | 31.1 | 35 | 20.6 | ||
| Rainfall reliability | ||||||
| Yes | 2 | 4.4 | 8 | 4.7 | 0.005 | 0.941 |
| No | 43 | 95.6 | 162 | 95.3 | ||
| Access to off-farm income | ||||||
| Yes | 6 | 13.3 | 33 | 19.4 | 0.885 | 0.347 |
| No | 39 | 86.7 | 137 | 80.6 | ||
| Government support | ||||||
| Yes | 16 | 35.6 | 58 | 34.1 | 0.033 | 0.857 |
| No | 29 | 64.4 | 112 | 65.9 | ||
