Table 6 OLS estimates of the impact gender on coping strategies
From: Coping with food and nutrition insecurity in Zimbabwe: does household head gender matter?
| Â | Consumption-based coping strategies index | Livelihoods-based coping strategies index |
|---|---|---|
Variables | (I) | (II) |
Household head is female | 0.950** | − 0.0263 |
| Â | (0.379) | (0.0170) |
Age of household head [years] | − 0.171*** | − 0.00571*** |
| Â | (0.00865) | (0.000380) |
Married living together | 1.984*** | 0.101*** |
| Â | (0.738) | (0.0320) |
Married living apart | − 2.247*** | 0.00648 |
| Â | (0.797) | (0.0351) |
Divorced/separated | 3.380*** | 0.0958** |
| Â | (0.885) | (0.0386) |
Widowed/widower | 3.192*** | 0.145*** |
| Â | (0.809) | (0.0347) |
Primary | − 1.348*** | − 0.00715 |
| Â | (0.406) | (0.0151) |
ZJC | − 3.247*** | 0.0157 |
| Â | (0.474) | (0.0207) |
O’ level | − 6.372*** | − 0.0473*** |
| Â | (0.451) | (0.0182) |
A’ level | − 9.235*** | − 0.0733 |
| Â | (0.603) | (0.0450) |
Diploma/certificate after primary | − 8.230*** | − 0.0901* |
| Â | (0.970) | (0.0516) |
Diploma/certificate after secondary | − 10.77*** | − 0.116*** |
| Â | (0.617) | (0.0398) |
Graduate/post-graduate | − 8.761*** | − 0.177*** |
| Â | (0.795) | (0.0441) |
Household size | 1.082*** | 0.0407*** |
| Â | (0.0531) | (0.00253) |
Proportion of female household members | − 0.0721 | 0.00630 |
| Â | (0.537) | (0.0245) |
Number of mentally ill household members | 0.762* | − 0.0135 |
| Â | (0.401) | (0.0156) |
Number of chronically ill household members | 3.468*** | 0.106*** |
| Â | (0.460) | (0.0184) |
Household income [USD] | − 0.00885*** | − 0.000185*** |
|  | (0.000332) | (1.32e−05) |
The household is located in rural areas [1 if yes] | 11.49*** | 0.262*** |
| Â | (0.378) | (0.0180) |
Constant | 26.39*** | − 0.0686 |
| Â | (1.444) | (0.0588) |
Observations | 65,950 | 45,663 |
R-squared | 0.083 | 0.087 |