Determinants of food insecurity in the rural farm households in South Wollo Zone of Ethiopia: the case of the Teleyayen sub-watershed

Agricultural and Food Economics

Table 4 Descriptive summary of discrete variables

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