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Table 1 Descriptive statistics of key variables used in the regressions (N=4042)

From: Food consumption patterns, nutrient adequacy, and the food systems in Nigeria

 

Country (n=4042)

Rural (n=2721)

Urban (n=1321)

Diff.=urban−rural (t-test)

Mean

S.D.

Mean

S.D.

Mean

S.D.

Diff.

t-stat.

Household head is male (1/0)a

0.81

0.39

0.83

0.37

0.77

0.42

−0.06

−4.47**

Age of household head in years

52.4

14.2

52.4

14.3

52.4

14.1

−0.06

−0.13

Household head attained post-primary education (1/0)

0.38

0.48

0.29

0.45

0.56

0.50

0.27

16.9**

Household size in adult female equivalent

5.53

3.03

5.82

3.08

4.91

2.82

−0.91

−9.07**

Dependency ratio (share of children <14 and adults>64)

0.42

0.25

0.44

0.24

0.39

0.26

−0.04

−5.21**

Household expenditure quintile

        

 _1 (bottom 20%) (1/0)

0.21

0.41

0.29

0.46

0.04

0.19

−0.25

−19.49**

 _2 (1/0)

0.21

0.41

0.25

0.43

0.14

0.34

−0.11

−7.98**

 _3 (1/0)

0.20

0.40

0.20

0.40

0.22

0.41

0.02

1.47

 _4 (1/0)

0.20

0.40

0.16

0.37

0.28

0.45

0.12

9.12**

 _5 (top 20%) (1/0)

0.18

0.38

0.10

0.31

0.33

0.47

0.22

18.06**

Expenditure on MAH over food at home

0.43

1.61

0.35

1.00

0.60

2.41

0.25

4.73**

Head own mobile phone (1/0)

0.73

0.44

0.65

0.48

0.90

0.30

0.24

17.22**

HH is connected to public electricity system (1/0)

0.54

0.50

0.40

0.49

0.84

0.37

0.44

28.98**

HH has improved water source (1/0)

0.52

0.50

0.46

0.50

0.66

0.48

0.19

12.12**

Improved sanitation (toilet facility), community (%)

0.59

0.35

0.49

0.34

0.81

0.27

0.32

0.30**

Health center/hospital in the community (1/0)

0.73

0.44

0.69

0.46

0.81

0.39

0.12

8.15**

HH has irrigated plot (1/0)

0.01

0.12

0.02

0.13

0.01

0.09

−0.01

−2.17**

HH distance to nearest large weekly market (km)

67.76

43.92

71.30

39.50

60.45

51.12

−10.85

−7.41**

HH distance in (km) to nearest population center with +20,000 (km)

23.65

20.07

29.08

20.26

12.47

14.19

−16.60

−26.76**

Fraction of land under agriculture within 1km buffer

27.78

27.00

33.66

27.37

15.68

21.69

−17.98

−20.90**

Agroecological zones

        

 Tropic-warm/semiarid (1/0)

0.30

0.46

0.37

0.48

0.16

0.37

−0.20

−13.79**

 Tropic-warm/subhumid (1/0)

0.57

0.49

0.51

0.50

0.71

0.45

0.20

12.38**

 Tropic-warm/humid (1/0)

0.12

0.32

0.12

0.32

0.12

0.33

0.01

0.70

 Tropic-cool/sub-humid (1/0)

0.01

0.10

0.01

0.10

0.01

0.09

−0.00

−0.74

Month of interview

        

 February (1/0)

0.28

0.45

0.25

0.43

0.34

0.47

0.08

5.74**

 March (1/0)

0.71

0.45

0.74

0.44

0.64

0.48

−0.09

−6.41**

 April (1/0)

0.01

0.12

0.01

0.10

0.02

0.15

0.01

2.84*

  1. a(1/0) denotes dummy variable and s.d. denotes standard deviation
  2. **p<0.01, *p<0.05