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Determinants of Rural Households’ Participation and Expenditure on Food-Away-From-Home in South Africa: A Double-Hurdle Model Approach Cover

Determinants of Rural Households’ Participation and Expenditure on Food-Away-From-Home in South Africa: A Double-Hurdle Model Approach

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|Jun 2025

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Participation and expenditure results

During COVID-19 lockdown restrictions (First hurdle)
VariableOutcomeFrequency (N)Percentage (%)
Did you purchase FAFH during COVID-19 lockdown restrictions?Yes10729.7
No25370.3
Did you purchase FAFH post-COVID-19 lockdown restrictions?Yes18658.1
No17441.9

Double-hurdle model results

VariablesDecision to purchase FAFH (Probit model results)Expenditure on FAFH (OLS results)

βt-statisticsmarginal effectsβt-statistic

123456
Age–0.764 (0.235)–3.251 0.001***–0.01–0.020 (0.018)–1.111 0.249
Gender–0.667 (0.304)–2.194 0.028**–0.60–0.030 (0.012)–2.500 0.087*
Marital status0.346 (0.169)2.047 0.053*0.150.025 (0.014)1.786 0.949
Level of education–0.055 (0.139)–0.396 0.692–0.02–0.727 (0.162)–4.488 0.000***
Employment status0.212 (0.098)2.163 0.050**0.400.049 (0.018)2.722 0.040**
Household size–0.108 (0.054)–2.000 0.044**–0.05–0.932 (0.278)–3.353 0.001***
Source of income–0.137 (0.095)–1.442 0.1470.350.013 (0.012)1.083 (0.279)
Household income0.198 (0.069)2.869 0.068*0.250.095 (0.040)2.375 0.020**
Households’ members employed0.201 (0.075)2.680 0.089*0.20–0.020 (0.018)4.880 0.001***
Households’ members receiving social grant0.459 (0.200)2.295 0.022**0.0750.371 (0.184)2.473 0.044**
Social grant received0.218 (0.085)2.565 0.011**0.08–0.025 (0.019)–1.315 0.184
Type of sector–0.101 (0.085)–0.532 0.5940.450.008 (0.016)0.500 0.593
Employment sector0.116 (0.115)1.009 0.312–0.10–0.011 (0.024)–0.458 0.639
SRD grant0.182 (0.078)1.051 0.1430.180.093 (0.034)2.735 0.090*
Household structure0.096 (0.119)0.807 0.422–0.030.048 (0.022)2.181 0.030**
Changes in household’s income–0.080 (0.146)–0.548 0.5820.12–0.004 (0.018)–0.207 0.836

Predicted probability 0.65
Probit model summary OLS model summary
(–2) Log-likelihood 54.665R-Square0.759
Pseudo R-square 0.78Adjusted R-Square0.744
Prob > chi2 0.0000F-Statistic0.0000

Descriptive statistics for explanatory variables

VariableOutcomeFrequency (N)Percentage (%)

1234
AgeLess than 1800
18–356217.2
35–6018050.0
Above 6011832.8
GenderMale16846.7
Female19253.3
Marital statusSingle17143.0
Married12438.9
Divorced3710.3
Widowed287.8
Level of educationNo formal education9726.9
Primary education9927.5
Secondary education10629.4
Tertiary education5816.1
Employment statusUnemployed21559.7
Full-time employed11933.1
Part-time employed267.2
Source of incomeBusiness226.1
Grant13136.4
Salary9426.1
Pension359.7
Farm income113.1
Other income sources6718.6
Household income level< ZAR 500019654.4
ZAR 5000–80008423.3
ZAR 8000–10 0004713.1
> ZAR 10 000339.2
Household structureSingle parent12033.3
Extended family277.5
Grandparent family11030.6
Both parents’ family10328.6
Changes in household incomeDecreased247.5
Increased6619.2
Constant27073.3
Social grantsYes11331.4
No24768.6
Type of sectorFormal6041.4
Informal8558.6
Employment sectorAgriculture2517.2
Government4027.6
Education3020.7
Health2013.8
Retail1510.3
Finance085.5
Others074.8

Top fast-food chains in South Africa

No.Fast food chain (owner)No. of stores
1KFC (Yum! Brands)1,057
2Debonairs (Famous Brands)710
3Steers (Famous Brands)652
4Wimpy (Famous Brands)458
5McDonald’s (McDonald’s Corp.)377
6Nando’s (Nando’s Group)302
7Chicken Licken (Golden Fried Chicken Pty Ltd)286
8Roman’s Pizza (Roman’s Catering Enterprises)250
9Fishaways (Famous Brands)242
10Hungry Lion (Hungry Lion Fast Food Pty Ltd)204
11Kauai (Real Foods)200
12Burger King (Restaurant Brands International)130
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17306/j.jard.2025.00007r1 | Journal eISSN: 1899-5772 | Journal ISSN: 1899-5241
Language: English
Page range: 136 - 150
Accepted on: Mar 24, 2025
Published on: Jun 30, 2025
Published by: The University of Life Sciences in Poznań
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year

© 2025 Mapula Hildah Lefophane, Mokibelo Elsie Legong, Victor Mbulaheni Mmbengwa, published by The University of Life Sciences in Poznań
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