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Table 2 Summary statistics by food security indicators

From: Home gardens as a predictor of enhanced dietary diversity and food security in rural Myanmar

Variable

DDS 2

DDS 3

DDS 4

DDS 5

Food security

 Change

0.78

0.72

0.65

0.50

 Reduce

0.74

0.71

0.64

0.48

 Shortage

0.87

0.79

0.75

0.61

 Hunger

0.23

0.16

0.11

0.05

 Borrow

0.80

0.75

0.71

0.58

Explanatory variables

 Township: Mindat

0.21

0.21

0.16

0.09

 Township: Kanpetlet

0.20

0.15

0.15

0.08

 Township: Pakokku

0.07

0.16

0.19

0.25

 Township: Yesagyo

0.04

0.11

0.15

0.28

 Township: Kyaiklet

0.23

0.19

0.19

0.16

 Township: Maubin

0.24

0.19

0.16

0.15

 Land owned: Less than 2 acres.

0.56

0.52

0.53

0.53

 Land owned: 2–5 acres

0.13

0.15

0.12

0.13

 Land owned: 5 or more acres.

0.21

0.24

0.21

0.18

 Household owns no land

0.56

0.52

0.53

0.53

 Household has a home garden/fruits and vines.

0.17

0.22

0.24

0.22

 Household owns livestock.

0.61

0.56

0.57

0.45

 Home garden diversity score: 0 (no diversity)

0.83

0.79

0.76

0.78

 Home garden diversity score: 1 (2 diverse crops)

0.07

0.08

0.08

0.06

 Home garden diversity score: 2 (3 diverse crops)

0.05

0.06

0.06

0.06

 Home garden diversity score: 3 (4 or more diverse crops)

0.05

0.08

0.10

0.10

 Wealth quintile: Poorest

0.38

0.22

0.19

0.11

 Wealth quintile: Poor

0.25

0.25

0.21

0.14

 Wealth quintile: Middle

0.19

0.23

0.20

0.19

 Wealth quintile: Rich

0.11

0.19

0.23

0.24

 Wealth quintile: Richest

0.08

0.12

0.18

0.33

  1. the numbers represent mean proportions