Research Article

Household ICT Utilization and Food Security Nexus in Nigeria

Table 4

Logit regression estimates (outcome variable: food security).

VariableAll householdsMale householdsFemale householdsUrban householdsRural households

Constant-1.0611-0.91200.5837-3.3638-3.4034
(2.4039)(3.4796)(6.7399)(3.0181)(2.7563)
[0.659][0.7930][0.9310][0.2650][0.2170]

Productivity1.43862.0090.86452.19541.0286
(0.5722)(0.7793)(0.9113)(1.0488)(0.6651)
[0.012][0.0100][0.3430][0.0360][0.1220]

Labor hour0.0806-0.79810.88040.92830.0941
(0.3370)(0.5249)(0.4895)(0.5437)(0.4046)
[0.8110][0.1280][0.0720][0.0880][0.8160]

Labor wage0.62360.40160.86830.22240.8172
(0.2428)(0.3595)(0.3559)(0.3686)(0.3067)
[0.0100][0.2640][0.0150][0.5460][0.0080]

ICT-2.9586070.6828-10.3423-2.414905
(1.9419)(2.6761)(9.0702)(1.9976)
[0.1280][0.7990][0.2540][0.2270]

Assistance0.42481.2268820.1008-0.73110.3966
(0.5967)(0.9478)(0.8965)(1.2308)(0.6428)
[0.4770][0.1960][0.9110][0.5520][0.5370]

Household characteristics
Educational qualification0.08030.08120.09990.02230.0805
(0.0343)(0.0560)(0.0515)(0.0456)(0.0399)
[0.0190][0.1470][0.0520][0.6250][0.0430]

State of origin-0.0269-0.0140-0.0450-0.0423-0.0260
(0.0114](0.0161)(0.0173)(0.0220)(0.0132)
[0.0190][0.3840][0.0090][0.0540][0.0490]

Sector-0.5789-0.7721-0.5049
(0.2641)(0.3872)(0.3975)
[0.0280][0.0460][0.2040]

Age-0.0153-0.0223-0.01420.0117-0.0211
(0.0071)(0.0122)(0.0094)(0.0117)(0.0086)
[0.031][0.0680][0.1320][0.3180][0.0140]

Sex-0.3155-0.4898-0.2562
(0.222](0.4058)(0.2562)
[0.1560][0.2270][0.3170]

Marital status-0.0972-0.1486-0.06780.1111-0.1450
(0.0542)(0.0920)(0.0744)(0.0962)(0.0636)
[0.0730][0.1060][0.3620][0.2480][0.0230]

Enumeration Area-0.0004-0.0005-0.0003-0.0002-0.0004
(0.0002)(0.0002)(0.0003)(0.0003)(0.0002)
[0.0230][0.0330][0.2550][0.5070][0.0480]

Log likelihood-238.1668-119.2972-110.8883-73.9609-181.6230
observation377190187116289
Probability0.00000.01090.00030.07990.0007
Pseudo-R20.08410.09300.13500.23200.0812

Note: , , and represent statistical significance at 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively. Standard errors and values are in the parentheses () and [], respectively. Source: authors’ computations.