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Table 4 Correlates of household dietary diversity

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

 

Country

Rural

Urban

Mobile phone (1/0)

0.20***

0.19***

0.24

(0.06)

(0.06)

(0.15)

Electricity (1/0)

0.13**

0.12

0.20*

(0.06)

(0.07)

(0.12)

Improved sources of water (1/0)

0.12*

0.06

0.24**

(0.06)

(0.07)

(0.10)

Improved sanitation, community (%)

0.23**

0.33***

0.02

(0.10)

(0.11)

(0.16)

Health center/hospital in community (1/0)

−0.11**

−0.08

−0.15**

(0.05)

(0.07)

(0.07)

Irrigation (1/0)

0.17

0.36*

−0.31

(0.20)

(0.20)

(0.28)

Distance to nearest market (KMs)

0.00

0.00

0.00

(0.00)

(0.00)

(0.00)

Distance in to Nearest Population Center with +20,000 (KMs)

0.00

−0.00

0.00

(0.00)

(0.00)

(0.00)

Fraction of agriculture in 1km buffer

0.00*

0.00*

0.00

(0.00)

(0.00)

(0.00)

Household expenditure quintile

   

 _2 (1/0)

0.88***

0.90***

0.87***

(0.07)

(0.07)

(0.19)

 _3 (1/0)

1.38***

1.41***

1.31***

(0.08)

(0.09)

(0.20)

 _4 (1/0)

1.84***

1.86***

1.80***

(0.11)

(0.10)

(0.24)

Household expenditure quintile_5 (1/0)

2.25***

2.18***

2.27***

(0.12)

(0.13)

(0.25)

Household size in adult female equivalent

0.15***

0.14***

0.16***

(0.01)

(0.01)

(0.02)

Dependency ratio

0.23**

0.31**

0.15

(0.11)

(0.13)

(0.17)

Male household head (1/0)

0.00

0.01

−0.02

(0.06)

(0.08)

(0.11)

Age of household head in years

−0.00

−0.00

−0.00

(0.00)

(0.00)

(0.00)

Post-primary education of household head (1/0)

0.22***

0.21***

0.22**

(0.06)

(0.08)

(0.09)

Rural

−0.08

  

(0.07)

  

Cons

6.91***

6.77***

7.21***

(0.31)

(0.32)

(0.62)

N

4040

2721

1319

r 2

0.50

0.52

0.38

  1. Note: additional controls include dummies for month of interview, agroecological zone, and state of residence. Standard errors (in parentheses) clustered at level of enumeration area
  2. *p<0.10, **p<0.05, ***p<0.01