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Table 11 Parameter estimates of the binary logit model with their marginal effects

From: Food insecurity of rural households in Boset district of Ethiopia: a suite of indicators analysis

Explanatory variables

Coefficients

p value

Marginal effects

Gender

1.146024

0.119

0.074412

Age

− 0.0012422

0.955

− 0.0014243

Educational status

0.931175

0.032**

0.0962907

Household size

− 0.0142931

0.883

0.0016966

Participation in non-farm activities

0.005792

0.990

− 0.001335

Farmland size

0.9697931

0.000***

0.1142719

Access to irrigable land

− 0.7562149

0.099*

− 0.0926803

Total annual income

0.0000991

0.000***

0.0000112

Noticed frequent drought

− 0.9546311

0.057*

− 0.1109556

Noticed flood occurrence

− 0.2651678

0.535

− 0.0221719

Access to weather forecast

0.8280069

0.413

0.0247848

Availability of kebele assistance

0.0351892

0.942

− 0.0084927

Access to DA services

0.7159894

0.185

0.0503655

Access to health extension services

0.2784892

0.556

0.035605

Access to credit services

− 0.6171401

0.145

− 0.0778475

Distance from input/output markets

− 1.676472

0.006***

− 0.1401994

Distance to road transport

− 0.842344

0.066*

− 0.1036628

Distance from health services

1.812996

0.003***

0.1759557

Availability of other support organizations

0.9402377

0.048**

0.0597707

LR χ2 (19)

103.46

  

Prob > χ2

0.0000

  

Pseudo-R2

0.3167

  
  1. ***,**,*Significant at 1%, 5%, and 10% probability levels, respectively