Research Article

Household ICT Utilization and Food Security Nexus in Nigeria

Table 5

Robustness estimates (outcome variable: food security).

VariableAll householdsMale householdFemale householdUrban householdRural households

Constant-1.0611-0.91200.5837-3.3638-3.4033
(2.6097)(3.4872)(6.1222)(3.2302)(2.8832)
[0.684][0.7940][0.9240][0.2980][0.2380]

Productivity1.43862.00870.86452.19541.02856
(0.6045)(0.8570)(0.8835)(1.1261)(0.6885)
[0.0170][0.0190][0.3280][0.0510][0.1350]

Labor hour0.0806-0.79810.88040.92830.0941
(0.3398)(0.5800)(0.4486)(0.5203)(0.4051)
[0.8120][0.1690][0.0500][0.0740][0.8160]

Labor wage0.62360.40170.86830.22240.8172
(0.2433)(0.3485)(0.3933)(0.3640)(0.3071)
[0.0100][0.2490][0.0270][0.5410][0.0080]

ICT-2.95870.6828-10.3423-2.4149
(2.4082)(2.4774)(7.7746)(2.4205)
[0.2190][0.7830][0.1830][0.3180]

Safety nets/assistance0.42481.22690.1008-0.73110.3966
(0.6089)(0.9983)(0.8579) [0.907](1.2252)(0.6279)
(0.4850][0.2190][0.5510][0.5280]

Household characteristics
Educational qualification0.08030.08120.0999 -0.02230.0805
(0.0289)(0.0566)(0.0399)(0.0389](0.0327)
[0.0050][0.1520][0.0120][0.5670][0.0140]

State-0.0269-0.0140-0.0451-0.0424-0.0260
(0.0115)(0.0154)(0.0174)(0.0233)(0.0130)
[0.0190][0.3640][0.0100][0.0690][0.0470]

Sector-0.5789-0.0140-0.5049
(0.2636)(0.0154)(0.3961)
[0.0280][0.3640][0.2020]

Age-0.0153-0.0223-0.0142 (0.0107)0.0117-0.0211
(0.0073(0.0114)[0.1850](0.0117)(0.0086)
[0.0370][0.0500][0.317][0.0140]

Sex/gender-0.3155-0.4898-0.2562
(0.2235)(0.4171)(0.25679)
[0.1580][0.2400][0.3180]

Marital status-0.0972-0.1486-0.06780.1110-0.1450
(0.0543)(0.0884)(0.0732)(0.0975)(0.0621)
[0.0740][0.0930][0.3540][0.2550][0.0200]

Enumeration area0.0803-.0005-0.0003-0.0002-0.0004
(0.0289)(0.0002)(0.0003)(0.0003)(0.0002)
[0.047](0.0290][0.2470][0.5280][0.0390]

Log likelihood-238.1668-119.2971-110.88831-73.9609-181.6230
Observation377190187116289
Probability0.00000.04310.00670.31380.0021
Pseudo-R20.08410.09300.13500.07990.0812

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