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dc.contributor.authorOwino, Abraham
dc.contributor.authorAtuhaire, Leonard
dc.contributor.authorWesonga, Ronald
dc.contributor.authorNabugoomu, Fabian
dc.contributor.authorMuwanga-Zaake, Elijah S.K.
dc.date.accessioned2017-12-12T03:28:25Z
dc.date.available2017-12-12T03:28:25Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.identifier.citationOwino, A., Atuhaire, l., Wesonga, R., Nabugoomu, F., Muwanga-Zaake, E.S.K. (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): 394-404en_US
dc.identifier.issn2307-4531
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10570/5806
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. Bartlett’s test of sphericity tested for existence of relationships between variables and Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy tested appropriateness of factor analysis. Factor extraction was done using Principle Component Analysis technique. Factor rotation was applied to achieve distinct associations of each variable with a factor. Twenty six (60%) of the 43 variables were retained and seven factors extracted. Determining key food insecurity factors and their associated variables is a crucial step in development of models that are effective in reliably measuring household food insecurity.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipCarnegie Corporation of New Yorken_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherGlobal Society of Scientific Research and Researchersen_US
dc.subjectFood insecurityen_US
dc.subjectFood availabilityen_US
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectCopping strategiesen_US
dc.subjectMDGsen_US
dc.subjectSub–Saharan Africaen_US
dc.subjectFood productionen_US
dc.subjectPopulation increaseen_US
dc.titleDetermining factors that influence household food insecurity in Uganda: A case study of Tororo and Busia Districtsen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US


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