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 | ||