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Table 4 Determinants of food consumption among the respondents

From: Assessing food security among young farmers in Africa: evidence from Kenya, Nigeria, and Uganda

Variables

M.E

Std. Err

M.E

Std. Err

M.E

Std. Err

Pooled = 1435

Male = 823

Female = 612

Extension service

0.160***

0.080

0.150***

0.106

0.170***

0.124

Gender

0.004

0.071

    

Credit

− 0.124***

0.087

− 0.138***

0.119

− 0.119***

0.131

(Log)Age

0.030

0.219

− 0.135

0.305

0.220**

0.323

Education

0.019

0.060

0.034

0.082

0.006

0.092

(Log)Household size

0.044

0.079

0.036

0.103

0.051

0.130

Residence

− 0.012

0.061

− 0.030

0.079

0.020

0.102

Ownership

0.040

0.090

0.030

0.131

0.051

0.128

ENABLE TAAT

0.105***

0.078

0.100***

0.104

0.103**

0.122

Employees

− 0.059**

0.075

− 0.026

0.099

− 0.113***

0.118

Market information

0.197***

0.079

0.198***

0.104

0.201***

0.125

Asset ownership

0.084

0.161

0.054

0.224

0.111

0.238

Covid19

− 0.071**

0.080

− 0.029

0.108

− 0.120***

0.123

Land size

0.002

0.015

− 0.004

0.020

0.013

0.027

(Log)Farm income

0.034

0.104

0.029

0.128

0.055

0.186

Country dummies

      

Kenya

− 0.079***

0.047

− 0.100***

0.066

− 0.053*

0.069

Nigeria

− 0.119***

0.107

− 0.097***

0.136

− 0.141**

0.181

Uganda

− 0.162***

0.094

− 0.205***

0.131

− 0.109**

0.139

Constant

− 1.620

1.065

0.186

1.373

− 4.120**

1.785

  1. Source Survey data (2021)
  2. ***, **, and * denote statistical significance at 1%, 5%, 10%, respectively