Research Article
Household ICT Utilization and Food Security Nexus in Nigeria
Table 1
Variable description and measurement.
| Variables | Description | Measurement |
| Food security status | Measures the food security status of the household | =1 if food secured and 0 otherwise | Mobile phone utilization | Measure of ICT | | Labor hour | Hours worked per day on the farm | Natural logarithm of hours worked | Labor wage | Wages paid by households to labor | Natural logarithm of wages paid by households | Educational qualification | Highest qualification attained | Polychotomous variablee (see Table 2 for details) | Age | Age in completed years | Years | Marital status | Marital status of household head | Polychotomous variable (see Table 2 for details) | State of origin | State of origin of the household | Polychotomous variable (see Table 2 for details) | Enumeration area | Location of household | , | Sector | Area study is conducted | | Sex | Sex of household head | , | Assistance | Support received by households | Polychotomous variable (see Table 2 for details) |
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Source: authors’ compilation.
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