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Table 3 Access to agricultural productive resources by gender and geographic location

From: Modeling inequality in access to agricultural productive resources and socioeconomic determinants of household food security in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

Agricultural productive resources

Total

Gender

Diff = M − W

Location

Diff = C − NC

Men (M)

Women (W)

Coastal (C)

Non-coastal (NC)

% [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

% [95% CI]

Access to farming land

65.8 [62, 69.5]

75.0 [67.9, 82.1]

63.1 [58.9, 67.4]

11.9 [3.6, 20.1]**

37.5 [31.7, 43.3]

86 [82.5, 89.5]

− 48.5 [− 55.3, − 41.7]***

Access to irrigation water

16.4 [13.6, 19.5]

23.6 [16.7, 30.5]

14.3 [11.2, 17.3]

9.4 [1.8, 16.9]**

12.1 [8.2, 16.1]

19.4 [15.4, 23.4]

− 7.3 [− 12.9, − 1.7]*

Access to agricultural extension services

21.9 [18.7, 25.3]

26.4 [19.2, 33.6]

20.6 [17, 24.1]

5.8 [− 2.2, 13.9]

18.9 [14.2, 23.7]

24 [19.6, 28.3]

− 5.0 [− 11.5, 1.4]

Access to improved seedlings

35.7 [32, 39.6]

38.9 [30.9, 46.9]

34.8 [30.6, 39]

4.1 [− 4.9, 13.1]

29.9 [24.4, 35.4]

39.9 [34.9, 44.9]

− 10.0 [− 17.4, − 2.5]*

Access to fertilizer

36.4 [32.6, 40.3]

42.4 [34.3, 50.4]

34.6 [30.4, 38.8]

7.7 [− 1.4, 16.8]

23.5 [18.4, 28.6]

45.6 [40.5, 50.6]

− 22.1 [− 29.3, − 14.9]***

Access to tractor

10.7 [8.4, 13.4]

16.7 [10.6, 22.8]

9 [6.4, 11.5]

7.7 [1.1, 14.3]**

8.7 [5.3, 12.1]

12.1 [8.8, 15.5]

− 3.4 [− 8.2, 1.3]

Access to weedicides

43.1 [39.3, 47.1]

45.8 [37.7, 54]

42.4 [38, 46.7]

3.5 [− 5.8, 12.7]

25.0 [19.8, 30.2]

56.1 [51, 61.1]

− 31.1 [− 38.3, − 23.8]***

Access to insecticides

40.5 [36.6, 44.4]

43.1 [35, 51.1]

39.7 [35.4, 44]

3.3 [− 5.8, 12.5]

24.2 [19.1, 29.4]

52 [46.9, 57.1]

− 27.8 [− 35, − 20.5]***

Access to new technology

5.5 [3.9, 7.6]

9 [4.3, 13.7]

4.5 [2.7, 6.3]

4.5 [− 0.5, 9.6]*

1.9 [0.2, 3.5]

8.1 [5.3, 10.9]

− 6.2 [− 9.4, − 3]**

Access to an improved water source

85.7 [82.7, 88.3]

84 [78, 90]

86.2 [83.1, 89.2]

− 2.1 [− 8.8, 4.6]

86.0 [81.8, 90.2]

85.4 [81.9, 89]

0.5 [− 5, 6.1]

Access to improved sanitation

88.2 [85.4, 90.6]

85.4 [79.7, 91.2]

89 [86.2, 91.8]

− 3.6 [− 10, 2.8]

89.4 [85.7, 93.1]

87.3 [83.9, 90.7]

2.1 [− 3, 7.1]

Access to livestock

40.5 [36.6, 44.4]

36.8 [28.9, 44.7]

41.5 [37.2, 45.9]

− 4.7 [− 13.7, 4.3]

40.2 [34.2, 46.1]

40.7 [35.7, 45.7]

− 0.5 [− 8.3, 7.2]

Access to labor

51.5 [47.5, 55.4]

59 [51, 67.1]

49.3 [44.9, 53.7]

9.7 [0.6, 18.9]*

31.4 [25.8, 37]

65.8 [60.9, 70.6]

− 34.3 [− 41.7, − 26.9]***

Access to credit facilities for farming activities

20.6 [17.5, 24]

20.8 [14.2, 27.5]

20.6 [17, 24.1]

0.3 [− 7.3, 7.8]

23.1 [18, 28.2]

18.9 [14.9, 22.8]

4.2 [− 2.2, 10.7]

Access to non-formal financial services

23.5 [20.2, 27]

24.3 [17.3, 31.3]

23.2 [19.5, 27]

1.1 [− 6.9, 9]

25.4 [20.1, 30.6]

22.1 [17.9, 26.3]

3.3 [− 3.5, 10]

High access

21.9 [18.7, 25.3]

24.3 [− 17.3, 31.3]

21.2 [17.6, 24.8]

3.1 [− 4.8, 11.0]

17.8 [13.2, 22.4]

24.8 [20.4, 29.2]

− 7.0 [− 13.4, − 0.6]**

  1. p value notation: ***p < 0.001; **p < 0.01; *p < 0.05, Access was considered to be high if the individual had a total score of ≥ 10/15. Access to agricultural productive resources is defined as the percentage of people who are able to access the different agricultural productive resources