Determining Factors that Influence Household Food Insecurity in Uganda: A Case Study of Tororo and Busia Districts

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dc.contributor.authorOwino, Abraham Y.
dc.contributor.authorAtuhaire, Leonard K.
dc.contributor.authorWesonga, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorNabugoomu, Fabian
dc.contributor.authorMuwanga-Zaake, Elijah S.K.
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-05T07:43:32Z
dc.date.available2022-12-05T07:43:32Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.description.abstractAddressing the national food insecurity problem requires an understanding and measurement of food insecurity at micro-level using a wide range of explanatory variables. Measurement of food insecurity is a challenge because it is a multi-faceted latent and continuous phenomenon explained by many variables. This paper examines these variables and applies exploratory factor analysis to identify variables which significantly influence household food insecurity and how they uniquely associate with specific food insecurity factors. Primary data on food availability, access, utilization and coping strategies were collected from 1175 randomly selected rural households in Tororo and Busia Districts of Uganda. Feasibility of exploratory factor analysis was analyzed using Pearson’s correlation coefficient.en_US
dc.identifier.citationOwino, A. Y., Atuhaire, L. K., Wesonga, R., Nabugoomu, F., & Muwanga-Zaake, E. S. (2014). Determining factors that influence household food insecurity in Uganda: a case study of Tororo and Busia districts. International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research, 14(1), 394-404.en_US
dc.identifier.issnISSN 2307-4531
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/handle/123456789/5845
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Researchen_US
dc.subjectFood availabilityen_US
dc.subjectaccessen_US
dc.subjectutilizationen_US
dc.subjectcoping strategiesen_US
dc.subjectfactor analysisen_US
dc.titleDetermining Factors that Influence Household Food Insecurity in Uganda: A Case Study of Tororo and Busia Districtsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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