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Table 3 Correlation of cost and affordability of a healthy diet and food system drivers (OLS estimations)

From: Affordability of healthy diets is associated with increased food systems performance in Nigeria: state-level analysis

 

Cost of healthy diet

Fraction of households with food expenditures below the cost of healthy diet

Cost of healthy diet

Fraction of households with food expenditures below the cost of healthy diet

Internally generated revenue per capita, 2016 (log)

1.622

− 0.129***

11.955

− 0.11***

 

(8.151)

(0.039)

(8.127)

(0.035)

% households with access to electricity 2019

0.56

− 0.006***

1.319***

− 0.002

 

(0.362)

(0.002)

(0.43)

(0.002)

% households with mobile phone subscription 2019

0.009

− 0.003**

− 0.027

− 0.001

 

(0.183)

(0.001)

(0.323)

(0.001)

No. of radio &Tv stations per million people, 2016

− 0.087

− 0.01**

0.205

− 0.008**

 

(0.731)

(0.004)

(0.903)

(0.004)

Employment in microenterprises as share of total pop

0.252

− 0.094***

7.988

− 0.077

 

(6.154)

(0.03)

(11.76)

(0.05)

Number of deposit banks per million people, 2016 (log)

− 1.111

− 0.171***

27.694

− 0.009

 

(11.523)

(0.056)

(20.047)

(0.09)

Average nightlight intensity (log)

3.47

− 0.134***

22.345**

− 0.023

 

(8.204)

(0.039)

(10.412)

(0.048)

Gender parity in secondary school net attendance ratio

71.564*

− 0.359

107.72**

− 0.063

 

(41.858)

(0.231)

(47.316)

(0.221)

  1. Estimated coefficients come from separate regressions. Control variables were state-level population density (Total population per square km of land of the state) in Columns 2 & 3, and internally generated revenue per capita of the state in Columns 4 & 5. Standard errors in parenthesis
  2. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1