Poverty and poor education are key determinants of high household food insecurity among populations adjoining forest concessions in the Congo Basin

Table 6 Household characteristics and food security status

Variables	Attributes	Food Secure (%)	Food insecure (%)
Age groups	≤30	13.7	11.3 ^ns
	31-39	20.0	16.2 ^ns
	40-49	24.2	21.4 ^ns
	50-59	22.1	22.9 ^ns
	60 and above	20.0	28.2^ns
Educational level	No formal education	20.3	79.7*
	Primary education	42.5	57.5*
	Secondary education	76	24*
Gender	Male headed	33	67*
Gender	Female headed	21.3	78.7*
Household wealth index scores	Poorest	31.8	68.2**
Household wealth index scores	Least poor	61.4	38.6**
Source of income	Agriculture	32.6	67.4**
	Agriculture and illegal logging	63.6	36.4**
	Agriculture and trading	66.7	33.3**

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