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Table 3 Parameter estimates for local (ofada) rice consumption with endogenous dietary knowledge

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

Variables

Coefficient

Robust standard error

p value

Income

− 4.530*

2.413

0.061

Household size

0.111

0.743

0.882

Dietary knowledge

3.708**

1.534

0.016

Year of education

0.650**

0.281

0.021

Gender (female = 1)

0.062*

0.036

0.085

Price

5.434**

2.264

0.016

Country of origin

11.189***

2.293

0.000

Household meal determinant

− 0.112

0.855

0.896

Member on special diet

1.008

0.774

0.193

Occupation

 Farming

− 2.567**

1.240

0.038

 Civil servant

− 0.585

1.003

0.560

 Artisan

− 3.747***

1.227

0.002

Location/state

 Lagos

3.681***

1.137

0.001

 Ogun

− 0.169

0.911

0.853

 Osun

− 1.070

1.165

0.359

Sources of information

 Personal

4.004***

1.122

0.000

 Family member

− 4.207***

0.921

0.000

 Associates

− 2.353**

1.019

0.021

 Health care professionals

7.479***

1.636

0.000

 Constant

13.108

10.639

0.218

 Number of observation

600

  

χ2 (1)

5.580**

  

p value

0.018

  

 Wald χ2 (20)

158.81***

  

p value

0.0000

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