From: Leveraging farm production diversity for dietary diversity: evidence from national level panel data
Variable | Measurement and definition | Round-1 | Round-2 | Round-3 | Total |
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Outcome variable | |||||
HDDS | Number of food groups consumed by the household in the last 7Â days | 8.90 (1.47) | 9.60 (1.31) | 9.86 (1.27) | 9.50 (1.41) |
HDDS9 | Household dietary diversity score based on nine food groups | 6.66 (1.59) | 7.78 (1.21) | 7.97 (1.21) | 7.47 (1.36) |
FVS | Number of food items consumed by the household in the last 7Â days | 26.46 (8.20) | 32.90 (9.55) | 35.95 (9.88) | 31.78 (10.04) |
Main explanatory variables | |||||
Production diversity score | Count of food crop and animal species grown by the household | 4.78 (3.18) | 5.06 (3.43) | 5.37 (3.49) | 5.07 (3.38) |
Crop diversity score | Number of crop species grown by the household | 5.18 (4.05) | 5.03 (3.80) | 5.37 (3.78) | 5.17 (3.88) |
SID | Simpson’s Index of Crop Diversification | 0.24 (0.29) | 0.31 (0.21) | 0.38 (0.19) | 0.31 (0.24) |
Income of household | Household annual income in the last year (Taka) | 129,418 (300,469) | 137,829 (301,840) | 146,682 (348,842) | 137,918 (317,542) |
Market orientation | Percentage of produce sold to the market (%) | 10.16 (15.93) | 19.73 (20.28) | 22.41 (20.28) | 17.42 (20.27) |
Market access | Distance from home to the nearest market (km) | 1.31 (1.20) | 1.19 (1.31) | 1.02 (2.07) | 1.17 (1.57) |
Control variables | |||||
Age of HH head | Age of the HH head (years) | 43.95 (13.71) | 45.82 (13.56) | 47.38 (12.97) | 45.71 (13.499) |
Sex of HH head | = 1 if the household head is male | 0.83 (0.38) | 0.79 (0.40) | 0.78 (0.41) | 0.80 (0.39) |
Education of HH head | Years of schooling of the HH head (year) | 3.18 (3.88) | 3.28 (3.86) | 3.47 (3.94) | 3.13 (3.89) |
Household size | Number of HH members (number) | 4.22 (1.58) | 3.73 (1.48) | 4.37 (1.83) | 4.10 (1.66) |
Farm size | Total land holding of the HH (decimal) | 81.04 (108.66) | 77.61 (121.05) | 68 (88.08) | 75.84 (107.029) |
Participation in SSN program | = 1 if HH participate any social safety net program | 0.44 (0.50) | 0.42 (0.49) | 0.47 (0.50) | 0.44 (0.49) |
Agricultural asset value | Current value of agricultural assets (Taka) | 5098 (33,698) | 4754 (30,116) | 4880 (33,770) | 4909 (32,540) |