Assessment of Households Food Access and Food Insecurity in Urban Nigeria: A Case Study of Lagos Metropolis

Olaniyi Adegoke

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Olaniyi Adegoke

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access, assess, dietary, food, harvest, hunger, insecurity, metropolis, probit, secure

Abstract

The study was carried out to assess the prevalence of food insecurity and the level of household food access, as household transit from major harvest period to hunger/lean period in Lagos metropolis. Panel data set was gathered from a total of 180 households in three income settlements of Lagos metropolis using questionnaire. Analysis of data was done using descriptive statistics such as frequency and percentages; Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) and Household Dietary Diversity Scale (HDDS) were used to assess food insecurity and access, while a probit regression model was specified to determine the variables responsible for increasing the probability of household's being food insecure during the hunger period.

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Assessment of Households Food Access and Food Insecurity in Urban Nigeria: A Case Study of Lagos Metropolis. (2014). Global Journal of Human-Social Science, 14(E1), 21-30. https://socialscienceresearch.org/index.php/GJHSS/article/view/955

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