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Table 2 Parameter estimates for dietary knowledge equation using maximum likelihood estimates (MLE)

From: Effect of households’ dietary knowledge on local (ofada) rice consumption in southwest Nigeria

Variables

Coefficient

Robust standard error

p value

Age

− 0.003

0.002

0.104

Year of education

0.008

0.014

0.558

Gender (female = 1)

0.395***

0.057

0.000

Household meal determinant

0.069*

0.040

0.089

Member on special diet

1.800***

0.085

0.000

Occupation

 Farming

− 0.057

0.074

0.448

 Civil servant

0.058

0.050

0.252

 Artisan

0.091

0.065

0.165

Location/state

 Lagos

− 0.006

0.050

0.903

 Ogun

− 0.093*

0.048

0.055

 Osun

0.194**

0.048

0.000

Sources of information

 Personal

0.093

0.057

0.101

 Family member

0.071

0.052

0.169

 Associates

0.026

0.067

0.693

 Health care professionals

0.073

0.061

0.230

 Constant

0.852

0.113

0.000

 Number of observations

600

  

R2

0.504

  

F (15, 585)

33.66**

  

p value

0.000

  
  1. *, **, and *** denote significance at 10%, 5%, and 1% level, respectively