Role of Education, Age, and Family Size on Food Insecurity in Pakistan: A Quantile Regression Analysis

Ahmed Raza Cheema (), Adeel Saleem (), Hubert Visas () and Jabbar Ul-Haq ()
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Ahmed Raza Cheema: University of Sargodha
Adeel Saleem: University of Sargodha
Hubert Visas: University of International Business and Economics
Jabbar Ul-Haq: University of Sargodha

The European Journal of Development Research, 2022, vol. 34, issue 5, No 19, 2576-2597

Abstract: Abstract This study estimates factors affecting food insecurity employing quantile regression never priorly used at least in Pakistan using micro-level data. The study depicts that the effects of education, age, and family size on food insecurity are different among quantiles and their effects are statistically significant. All these differences in slope coefficients are statistically significant. The effects of 12 or more years of education of the richer families (80th and 90th quantile) on food insecurity are almost four times greater than for the poorest families (10th quantile). Furthermore, the impacts of age and family size are also about three times greater. Our findings are robust and are not sensitive to food insecurity measures (i.e., Food Expenditure and Calorie Intake). The policy insinuation is that the quality of education, life span enhancing, as well as family planning facilities should be arranged especially for poor families.

Keywords: Food insecurity; Education; Family size; Age; Quantile regression; Inter-quantile regressions (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C21 I24 I30 J13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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