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Table 6 Probit estimation of food security using walking distance

From: Welfare and food security response of animal feed and water resource scarcity in Northern Ethiopia

Variables

(ME)

(ME)

(ME)

HHFS

HHFS

HHFS

Ln(output)

0.0280**

0.0315**

0.0153

(0.0134)

(0.0140)

(0.0145)

Ln(livestock)

− 0.0257**

− 0.0236*

− 0.0269**

(0.0120)

(0.0122)

(0.0121)

Ln(Family size)

− 0.203***

− 0.202***

− 0.206***

(0.0591)

(0.0596)

(0.0598)

Gender(1/0)

− 0.0880

− 0.0596

− 0.0853

(0.0670)

(0.0669)

(0.0668)

Information(1/0)

0.0629

0.0358

0.0506

(0.0584)

(0.0592)

(0.0585)

Location(1/0)

− 0.0963

− 0.126

− 0.169

(0.146)

(0.134)

(0.124)

Ln(marketD)

− 0.0447

− 0.0540

− 0.0409

(0.0376)

(0.0379)

(0.0374)

Shock13(1/0)

− 0.138

− 0.155

− 0.151

(0.197)

(0.187)

(0.189)

Ln(shocks)

0.355

0.404*

0.395*

(0.240)

(0.219)

(0.224)

Religion(1/0)

0.147**

0.135**

0.135**

(0.0649)

(0.0653)

(0.0653)

Network(1/0)

− 0.0703

− 0.0419

− 0.0482

(0.0645)

(0.0640)

(0.0636)

Age(years(

− 0.000700

− 0.000232

− 0.000741

(0.00185)

(0.00185)

(0.00185)

Ln(income)

0.0327***

0.0321***

0.0324***

(0.00293)

(0.00293)

(0.00295)

Ln(ShadowPW)

− 0.0594*

  

(0.0327)

  

Ln(ShadowPG)

 

− 0.0533*

 
 

(0.0307)

 

Ln(ShadowPF)

  

− 0.0418**

  

(0.0185)

Observed probability

0.4824

0.4792

0.4824

Predicted probability

0.3803

0.3723

0.3792

Pseudo R2

0.4379

0.4404

0.4405

Observation

514

514

514

  1. P values are for slopes: ***P < 0.01, **P < 0.05, and *P < 0.10 = significant at 1%, 5%, and 10% probability level, respectively