ABSTRACT:

This study examined the determinants of vulnerability of headed households to food insecurity in Lafia LocalGovernment Area, Nasarawa State, Nigeria: A gender based analysis. The specific objectives were to describe the socioeconomic characteristics of male and female headed households in the study area; identify the determinants ofvulnerability of households to food insecurity and identify the effects of food insecurity on male and female headedhouseholds in Lafia Local Government Area. A two-stage sampling technique was adopted to select the respondents. Thedata were analyzed using simple descriptive statistics such as mean, frequency counts and percentages, t-test and linearregression. Majority of male and female headed households had secondary education and low income level.

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