| dc.contributor.author | Mwita, Peter Nyamuhanga | |
| dc.contributor.author | Otieno, Romanus Odhiambo | |
| dc.contributor.author | Masanja, Verdiana Grace | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2018-11-20T15:40:01Z | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2020-02-06T14:01:24Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2018-11-20T15:40:01Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2020-02-06T14:01:24Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011 | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Mwita, P. N., Otieno, R. O., Masanja, V. G., & Muyanja, C. (2011). Prediction of the likelihood of households food security in the Lake Victoria Region of Kenya. Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research, 7(2), 331-346. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.must.ac.ke/handle/123456789/976 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This paper considers the modeling and prediction of households food security status using a sample of households in the Lake Victoria region of Kenya. A priori expected food security factors and their measurements are given. A binary logistic regression model derived was fitted to thirteen priori expected factors. Analysis of the marginal effects revealed that effecting the use of the seven significant determinants: farmland size, per capita aggregate production, household size, gender of household head, use of fertilizer, use of pesticide/herbicide and education of household head, increase the likelihood of a household being food secure. Finally, interpretations of predicted conditional probabilities, following improvement of significant determinants, are given. | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Pakistan Journal of Statistics and Operation Research | en_US |
| dc.subject | Household; Food; Security; Logistic; Probability. | en_US |
| dc.title | Prediction of the likelihood of Households Food Security in the Lake Victoria Region of Kenya | en_US |
| dc.type | Article | en_US |
