From: Home gardens as a predictor of enhanced dietary diversity and food security in rural Myanmar
Variables | PANEL A: PROBIT MODEL Dependent variables: Measures of food security | ||||
Change | Reduce | Shortage | Hunger | Borrow | |
Land size < 2 acres | 0.020 | 0.012 | 0.021 | −0.009 | 0.003 |
[0.029] | [0.029] | [0.025] | [0.016] | [0.026] | |
Land size: 2–5 acres | −0.018 | − 0.016 | −0.018 | − 0.031** | −0.020 |
[0.027] | [0.027] | [0.024] | [0.013] | [0.024] | |
Land size: ≥ 5 acres | −0.077** | −0.091*** | − 0.074*** | −0.067*** | − 0.078*** |
[0.030] | [0.031] | [0.027] | [0.013] | [0.028] | |
Own Livestock | 0.055*** | 0.076*** | 0.046*** | −0.011 | 0.054*** |
[0.019] | [0.020] | [0.017] | [0.010] | [0.018] | |
Own Home garden/Fruits & Vines | −0.032 | 0.032 | 0.035** | −0.030*** | 0.000 |
[0.021] | [0.020] | [0.018] | [0.010] | [0.019] | |
Land size < 2 acres* Home garden | −0.072*** | −0.119*** | − 0.059*** | −0.060*** | − 0.068*** |
[0.024] | [0.024] | [0.019] | [0.019] | [0.022] | |
Land size 2–5 acres * Home garden | −0.159*** | −0.197*** | − 0.155*** | −0.089*** | − 0.105*** |
[0.026] | [0.026] | [0.022] | [0.019] | [0.023] | |
Land size ≥5 acres * Home garden | −0.196*** | −0.265*** | − 0.225*** | −0.130*** | − 0.220*** |
[0.027] | [0.027] | [0.023] | [0.018] | [0.025] | |
PANEL B: ORDERED PROBIT MODEL Dependent variable: Dietary diversity scores | |||||
DDS2 | DDS3 | DDS4 | DDS5 | ||
Land size < 2 acres | −0.006 | 0.028 | −0.025 | −0.004 | |
[0.021] | [0.025] | [0.024] | [0.029] | ||
Land size: 2–5 acres | −0.017 | 0.027 | −0.022 | 0.010 | |
[0.018] | [0.023] | [0.022] | [0.026] | ||
Land size: ≥ 5 acres | 0.009 | −0.034 | 0.032 | −0.013 | |
[0.023] | [0.025] | [0.026] | [0.028] | ||
Own Livestock | −0.000 | −0.005 | 0.037** | −0.035* | |
[0.014] | [0.017] | [0.017] | [0.019] | ||
Home garden/ Fruits &Vines | −0.049*** | 0.005 | 0.047*** | 0.006 | |
[0.013] | [0.018] | [0.018] | [0.020] | ||
Land size < 2 acres* Home garden | −0.081*** | 0.035 | 0.023 | 0.048* | |
[0.022] | [0.024] | [0.024] | [0.025] | ||
Land size 2–5 acres * Home garden | −0.104*** | 0.022 | 0.011 | 0.106*** | |
[0.023] | [0.025] | [0.024] | [0.026] | ||
Land size ≥5 acres * Home garden | −0.158*** | −0.011 | 0.046* | 0.160*** | |
[0.022] | [0.026] | [0.026] | [0.027] | ||
Observations | 3239 | 3239 | 3239 | 3239 | 3239 |