Factors associated with household food insecurity and dietary diversity among day laborers amid the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh

Table 2 Associations between socio-demographic variables, and household dietary diversity scores and household food security scores of Bangladeshi day laborers

Variables	HDD score*			HFS score**
Variables	β	SE	p	β	SE	p
Residence
Rural	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
Urban	-0.076	0.111	0.493	0.133	0.441	0.763
Age in years
≤ 40 years	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
> 40 years	0.316	0.115	0.007	0.394	0.461	0.393
Sex of family head
Male	0.167	0.325	0.607	2.184	1.296	0.093
Female	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
Education of family head
No schooling	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
Below secondary	-0.136	0.142	0.118	0.346	0.565	0.540
Above secondary	0.170	0.372	0.648	1.311	0.482	0.000
Family type
Nuclear	0.155	0.187	0.408	0.671	0.745	0.369
Joint	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
Family size
≤ 5 members	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
> 5 members	0.226	0.122	0.064	-1.289	0.485	0.008
Monthly income
≤ 5000 BDT	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
> 5000 BDT	0.648	0.124	0.000	3.826	0.494	0.000
Having refrigerator
Yes	0.125	0.206	0.545	1.737	0.822	0.035
No	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref
Source of dietary/nutrition information
Health professional	1.349	0.138	0.000	0.509	0.551	0.357
Traditional media	0.490	0.335	0.145	-1.452	1.337	0.278
Others^a	0.591	0.138	0.000	-0.689	0.551	0.000
Don’t get	Ref	Ref		Ref	Ref

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