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Title Evaluating food transfers in Botswana using multiple matching methods
Full text http://hdl.handle.net/1885/296873; https://openresearch-repository.anu.edu.au/bitstream/1885/296873/3/Evaluating%20food%20transfers%20in%20Botswana%20using%20multiple%20matching%20methods.pdf.jpg
Date 2021
Author(s) Wellington, Michael; Mortlock, Miranda; Moepeng, Pelotshweu
Abstract Data from a household survey in Botswana were analysed to assess the effectiveness of food transfers. Food transfers have been contentious, and much assessment has focused on market participation while overlooking direct impacts on hunger. This paper quantitatively assesses food transfers while controlling for selection bias. Responses to food insecurity questions and Body Mass Index of the head of household were tested for association with socioeconomic variables using logistic and ordinal regression. Respondents who were female (p <.0001), lived outside major cities and towns (p =.0002), lived in larger households (p <.0001), or had never received formal education (p <.0001) were more likely to report hunger and be underweight. After controlling for selection bias using several Propensity Score and Exact Matching methods, we showed that food transfers reduced the proportion of respondents reporting hunger (p =.017 with Optimal 1:2 matching). This demonstrates that food transfers targeted the hungry and alleviated household food insecurity. - This research was supported by a Research Scholarship at the University of Queensland, of which the authors are alumni.
Subject(s) Food transfers; Botswana; propensity score matching; coarsened exact matching
Language en_AU
Publisher Carfax Publishing Ltd.
Type of publication Journal article
Format application/pdf
Source Development Southern Africa
Rights © 2021 The authors
Identifier 0376-835X; 10.1080/0376835X.2021.1984874
Repository Canberra - Australian National University
Added to C-A: 2023-08-30;10:31:29