From: Effect of households’ dietary knowledge on local (ofada) rice consumption in southwest Nigeria
Variable | Definition | Mean |
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Dependent variable | Quantity of rice consumed (Kg) | |
Quantity of local (Ofada) rice | Local (ofada) rice consumed per month (kg) | 15.98 (9.79) |
Endogenous variable | ||
Dietary Knowledge Score | Sum of 10 binary indicators covering respondent’s dietary knowledge | 4.67 (0.24) |
Continuous variables | ||
Income per month | Household income per month (₦) | 97,745.03 (59,479.68) |
Household size | Number of people in the household | 0.52 (0.50) |
Discrete (binary) | ||
Gender dummy, male = 1, female = 0 | Male or female | 3.25 |
Age 20–30 | Respondent between age 20–30 | 0.22 |
Age 31–40 | Respondent between age 31–40 | 0.40 |
Age 41–50 | Respondent between age 41–50 | 0.30 |
Age above 50 | Respondent age 51 and above | 0.12 |
Personal | Personal source of information is the information gained through personal experience | 0.31 |
Family member | Information from family member | 0.25 |
Associates | Information from associates | 0.09 |
Nutritionist | Information from nutritionist | 0.15 |
Health care professionals | Information from health care professionals | 0.18 |
Household meal planner | Meal planner is the one who takes time to plan the meals for the household. | 0.64 |
Member on special diet | Whether any household member is on special Diet | 0.06 |
Farming | Farming occupation | 0.09 |
Civil servant | Government worker | 0.61 |
Artisan | Artisans are workers in a skilled trade | 0.22 |
Lagos | Resides in Lagos State | 0.41 |
Ogun | Resides in Ogun State | 0.42 |
Osun | Resides in Osun State | 0.41 |
Home | Rice consumed at home | 0.78 |
Away | Rice consumed away from home | 0.28 |
No formal education | No formal education | 0.05 |
Adult literacy | Adult education | 0.05 |
Primary | Primary education | 0.04 |
Junior secondary | Junior secondary education | 0.04 |
Senior secondary | Senior secondary education | 0.10 |
Tertiary | Tertiary education | 0.61 |