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Table 7 Estimation results – full sample

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

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  1. Marginal effects are reported. Regressions include all the variables included in previous regressions
  2. Standard errors in parentheses; *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1