The Determinants of Food Security among Households in Rangpur City, Bangladesh: A Logistic Regression Approach

Abstract

The study endeavors to estimate the food security status and identify the determinants of food security among households in Rangpur City Corporation of Rangpur Division, Bangladesh. It was found that about 65 per cent of the households are food insecure; utilizing expenditure method of estimating food security status. Further analysis utilizing the binary logistic regression method identified income and age of household head as consequential determinants of food security. They impact positively on food security, implicatively insinuating that gainfully employed and older household heads incline to be food secure. Policies that can engender good business environment for the Rangpur City Corporation poor are recommended, among others.