Research Article
Determining Food Insecurity: An Application of the Rasch Model with Household Survey Data in Uganda
Table 3
Estimated theta coefficients of the Rasch model for Tororo and Busia districts.
| Theta (difficulty parameter level) estimates | Item | Estimate for Tororo | SE | | Estimate for Busia | SE | |
| E2 | −1.793 | 0.134 | ** | −1.9 | 0.15 | ** | E3 | −2.191 | 0.141 | ** | −1.877 | 0.149 | ** | E4 | −1.651 | 0.131 | | −1.237 | 0.134 | | E5 | −1.616 | 0.131 | | −1.108 | 0.131 | | E6 | −0.471 | 0.119 | | −0.166 | 0.117 | | E7 | 0.164 | 0.116 | | −0.916 | 0.128 | | E8 | 1.701 | 0.123 | ** | 1.271 | 0.11 | ** | E9 | −1.297 | 0.126 | | −1.293 | 0.135 | | E10 | −1.011 | 0.123 | | −1.351 | 0.136 | | E11 | −0.185 | 0.117 | ** | 0.133 | 0.114 | | E12 | 1.612 | 0.122 | | 1.51 | 0.111 | | E13 | 3.15 | 0.156 | | 3.11 | 0.133 | ** | E14 | 0.081 | 0.116 | ** | −0.323 | 0.119 | ** | E15 | 1.496 | 0.12 | ** | 1.282 | 0.11 | * | E16 | 2.842 | 0.146 | | 2.723 | 0.125 | ** | E17 | −0.185 | 0.117 | ** | −0.041 | 0.115 | * | E18 | 2.531 | 0.137 | ** | 3.51 | 0.144 | |
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Source: primary data from the survey. *implies 0.05 and **implies 0.01 level of significance.
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