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Table 4 Descriptive summary of discrete variables

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

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

  1. Source: authors’ survey result, 2016
  2. *Indicates significant level at 0.05