Demographic And Socio-Economic Determinants Of Household Food Security In Tanzania
Volume 3 - Issue 6, June 2019 Edition
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Author(s)
Mohamed Khalfani Mwanga
Keywords
Food Security, household head marital status, household size, area of residence.
Abstract
The study examines demographic and socioeconomic determinants of household food security in Tanzania. A probit regression was employed on National panel survey data of 2014/2015 surveyed by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) of Tanzania. The analysis evaluated the food security status of the households based on the Food Consumption Score (FCS). The study revealed that about 92.6% of the household were food secured and 7.4% of the household were food insecure. Probit regression analysis results show that household size, area of residence, household head marital status and non-agriculture income were found to be statistically significant. Based on the findings, it is concluded that demographic determinant of household food security in Tanzania is household head marital status while socio-economic determinants of household food security are household size, area of residence and non-agriculture income. Therefore, the findings from the study recommend that the government and policymakers should support household particularly in rural areas in other income generating activities in addition to agriculture so as to increase their purchasing power for higher food security.
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