Prediction of Food Security Levels in Rural Households Based on Socio-Economic Factors (The Case of Nahavand County, Iran)

Subject Areas : Education and training

سعدی  فتح الهی گلام بحری ¹ (دانش آموخته کارشناسی ارشد توسعه روستایی، دانشکده اقتصاد و توسعه، دانشگاه تهران)
حسین  شعبانعلی فمی ² (دانشیار گروه توسعه روستایی، دانشکده اقتصاد و توسعه، دانشگاه تهران)
علی  اسدی ³ (استاد گروه توسعه روستایی، دانشکده اقتصاد و توسعه، دانشگاه تهران)

Received: 2016-09-10 Accepted : 2018-06-17 Published : 2018-09-01

Keywords: Rural Households, Food Security, Nahavand county,

Abstract :

The role of nutrition in the health area, increasing efficiencyand its relationship with economic development has been approved through extensive research in the world using scientificfoundations and empirical evidence. Therefore, accessing tofood security is the basic pillar of development. The mainpurpose of this study was to investigate the role of socioeconomicfactors affecting the food security of rural households inNahavand County, Iran. The statistical population consisted of26599 rural households of Nahavand County that 255 peoplewere selected using Cochran formula and stratified randomsampling technique. A questionnaire was used to data collection,which its validity was confirmed by a panel of faculty membersin the University of Tehran and its reliability was confirmedby Cronbach's alpha which its range was 0.72 to 0.91 fordifferent sections of the questionnaire. Data analysis was performedin two parts of descriptive and inferential statisticsusing the software SPSS21. Results showed that the differencein various levels of household income in terms of food insecuritylevels was statistically significant at the 0.01 level. The resultsof logit regression (probit) analysis suggested that variables ofdecision-making ability, nutritional awareness of head of thehousehold and the household income have the greatest impacton rural households’ food security.

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