Table 8 Effect of seasonality on households’ incidence of diarrhoea/vomiting
From: Food safety and dietary diversity in African urban cities: evidence from Ghana
Variables | 1 | 2 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Coef. | AME | Coef. | AME | |
Season (Dry) | 2.499** | 0.378*** | 2.453** | 0.383*** |
(1.061) | (0.134) | (1.034) | (0.134) | |
Characteristics of household | ||||
Age of household head | 0.005 | 0.001 | 0.019 | 0.003 |
(0.053) | (0.007) | (0.054) | (0.007) | |
Sex of household head (male) | -0.838 | -0.126 | -1.271 | -0.209 |
(0.823) | (0.141) | (0.852) | (0.164) | |
Household size | 0.036 | 0.005 | 0.016 | 0.002 |
(0.164) | (0.022) | (0.166) | (0.023) | |
Education of household head* | ||||
Primary | -5.608*** | -0.158*** | -4.991** | -0.158*** |
(2.021) | (0.008) | (1.957) | (0.008) | |
Secondary | -1.872 | -0.330 | -0.966 | -0.155 |
(1.728) | (0.329) | (1.600) | (0.303) | |
Tertiary | 0.199 | 0.029 | 0.991 | 0.205 |
(2.526) | (0.406) | (2.443) | (0.671) | |
Household wealth status | ||||
Lower-middle | 0.017 | 0.002 | -0.078 | -0.010 |
(0.302) | (0.041) | (0.298) | (0.039) | |
Middle | -0.167 | -0.021 | -0.204 | -0.026 |
(0.349) | (0.042) | (0.346) | (0.041) | |
Upper-middle | -0.425 | -0.049 | -0.445 | -0.051 |
(0.382) | (0.037) | (0.386) | (0.037) | |
Upper | 0.125 | 0.018 | 0.152 | 0.022 |
(0.466) | (0.068) | (0.466) | (0.071) | |
Household food safety knowledge | 0.007 | 0.001 | 0.007 | 0.001 |
(0.008) | (0.001) | (0.008) | (0.001) | |
Marital status of household head | ||||
Single | -0.321 | -0.038 | 0.235 | 0.035 |
(1.438) | (0.148) | (1.353) | (0.225) | |
Monogamous | 0.516 | 0.068 | 0.591 | 0.080 |
(0.885) | (0.118) | (0.849) | (0.116) | |
Polygamous | 3.570 | 0.838*** | 1.825 | 0.486 |
(3.146) | (0.250) | (3.068) | (0.999) | |
Price of maizea | 11.977** | 1.612** | 12.638** | 1.726** |
(5.464) | (0.722) | (5.437) | (0.733) | |
Price of tomatoesa | 0.173 | 0.023 | 0.137 | 0.019 |
(0.192) | (0.026) | (0.184) | (0.025) | |
Employment status | ||||
Employment status of household head | 0.122 | 0.016 | 0.193 | 0.024 |
(0.344) | (0.042) | (0.343) | (0.040) | |
Percent of household members employed | 0.009 | 0.001 | 0.008 | 0.001 |
(0.006) | (0.001) | (0.006) | (0.001) | |
Self-reported covid-19 effect | ||||
Affected price of staple foods | 0.613** | 0.103** | ||
(0.262) | (0.052) | |||
Affected price of vegetables | -0.772** | -0.072*** | ||
(0.356) | (0.021) | |||
Constant | -1.862* | -1.720* | ||
(1.005) | (1.000) | |||
Time varying averaged regressors | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Self-reported covid-19 effect | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Number of observations | 1212 | 1212 | 1212 | 1212 |
Number of unique households | 606 | 606 | ||