Research Article
Determining Food Insecurity: An Application of the Rasch Model with Household Survey Data in Uganda
Table 4
Estimated beta coefficients of the Rasch model for Tororo and Busia districts.
| Beta (easiness parameter level) estimates | Item | Estimate for Tororo | SE | Sign. | Estimate for Busia | SE | Sign. |
| E1 | 3.177 | 0.169 | ** | 3.328 | 0.197 | ** | E2 | 1.793 | 0.134 | ** | 1.900 | 0.150 | ** | 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 | 0.110 | ** | 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 | | −1.510 | 0.111 | | E13 | −3.150 | 0.156 | | −3.110 | 0.133 | ** | E14 | −0.081 | 0.116 | ** | 0.323 | 0.119 | ** | E15 | −1.496 | 0.120 | ** | −1.282 | 0.110 | * | E16 | −2.842 | 0.146 | | −2.723 | 0.125 | ** | E17 | 0.185 | 0.117 | ** | 0.041 | 0.115 | * | E18 | −2.531 | 0.137 | ** | −3.510 | 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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