Table 1 Descriptive statistics- comparison of households with home gardens and those without

Dietary Diversity Score

4.09

4.08

0.00

 Change

0.63

0.64

−0.02

 Reduce

0.64

0.61

0.03

 Shortage

0.75

0.72

0.03

 Hunger

0.10

0.13

−0.03*

 Borrow

0.67

0.70

−0.03

 Land Area: < 2 acres

0.17

0.11

0.06***

 Land Area: 2–5 acres

0.29

0.17

0.11***

 Land Area: >  5 acres

0.16

0.11

0.05***

 Household owns no land

0.38

0.60

−0.22***

 Household owns livestock

0.65

0.48

0.17***

 Home garden diversity score: 0

0.28

1.00

−0.72***

 Home garden diversity score: 1

0.23

0.00

0.23***

 Home garden diversity score: 2

0.19

0.00

0.19***

 Home garden diversity score: 3

0.14

0.00

0.14***

 Home garden diversity score: 4

0.14

0.00

0.14***

 Wealth quintile: Poorest

0.16

0.22

−0.05***

 Wealth quintile: Poor

0.19

0.21

−0.01

 Wealth quintile: Middle

0.19

0.20

−0.01

 Wealth quintile: Rich

0.21

0.19

0.02

 Wealth quintile: Richest

0.24

0.18

0.06***

 Mindat

0.18

0.14

0.04**

 Kanpetlet

0.20

0.11

0.09***

 Pakokku

0.08

0.23

−0.14***

 Yesagyo

0.15

0.17

−0.02

 Kyaiklet

0.22

0.17

0.05**

 Maubin

0.16

0.18

−0.02

Observations

959

2280

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