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Table 3 Description of the variables used in the econometric analysis

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

Outcome variable

HDDS

Number of food groups consumed by the household in the last 7 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 7 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)

  1. Authors’ analyses using 3 rounds of BIHS panel data. Mean values are shown with standard deviation in parentheses