Table 3 Meta-regression for the included studies to identify source of heterogeneity for the prevalence of food insecurity among female-headed rural households in Ethiopia from 2007 up to 2017
Variables | Characteristics | Coefficients | p value |
|---|---|---|---|
Year | Publication year | − 0106513 | 0.501 |
Sample | Sample size | 1.54988 | 0.782 |
Article | Un-published article | − 14.3361 | 0.640 |
Region | Amhara region | Reference | Reference |
Oromia | − 17.28004 | 0.694 | |
Tigray | − 34.76256 | 0.425 | |
Sampling technique | Census survey | − 22.95167 | 0.470 |
Multi-stage | Reference | Reference | |
Measurement tool | HFIAS | 15.07132 | 0.674 |
HFS | Reference | Reference | |
Development goals | SDGs | 5.126678 | 0.574 |
MDGs | Reference | Reference |