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Table 3 Path analysis estimates for traditional food (TF) production and consumption patterns

From: Promoting traditional foods for human and environmental health: lessons from agroecology and Indigenous communities in Ecuador

Pathway

Path estimate [SE]

Standardized path estimate [SE]

P-value

Effects on TF consumption frequency

 TF consumption diversity

 

26.28 [12.10]

0.29 [0.13]

0.025

 TF production diversity

 

−1.40 [9.66]

−0.02 [0.13]

0.885

 Farm production diversity

 

1.05 [1.36]

0.09 [0.12]

0.439

 Agroecology participation

 

8.68 [48.69]

0.02 [0.13]

0.859

 Non-market food consumption

 

1.22 [0.74]

0.18 [0.11]

0.091

 R-square

0.1995

   

Effects on TF consumption diversity

 TF production diversity

 

0.27 [0.08]

0.35 [0.10]

0.000

 Farm production diversity

 

0.02 [0.01]

0.15 [0.10]

0.135

 Agroecology participation

 

1.07 [0.41]

0.26 [0.10]

0.008

 Non-market food consumption

 

0.01 [0.01]

0.12 [0.09]

0.171

 R-square

0.4779

   

Effects on TF production diversity

 Farm production diversity

 

0.06 [0.01]

0.41 [0.09]

0.000

 Agroecology participation

 

1.38 [0.53]

0.26 [0.10]

0.008

 Non-market food consumption

 

0.01 [0.01]

0.15 [0.09]

0.082

 R-square

0.4349

   

Effects on farm production diversity

 Agroecology participation

 

17.43 [3.20]

0.50 [0.08]

0.000

 R-square

0.2500

   

Effects on non-market food consumption

 Agroecology participation

 

24.81 [5.39]

0.44 [0.09]

0.000

 R-square

0.1925

   

 SRMR

0.0110

   

 RMSEA

0.0000

   
  1. Path estimates and standardized path estimates are shown with standard error (SE) in brackets. SRMR is the standardized root mean square residual. RMSEA is the root mean squared error of approximation.