Determinants of household vulnerability to food insecurity during COVID-19 lockdown in a mid-term period in Iran

Abstract Objective: This study aimed to identify and rank the different aspects of households’ vulnerability to food insecurity. Design: The data were collected by a standard online questionnaire. The Household Food Insecurity Access Scale was used to assess food insecurity levels, and first-order structural equation modelling was applied to determine factors that affect food insecurity. Seven dimensions of vulnerability were measured: economic, social, cultural, human, physical, psychology and information, using thirty-seven items extracted from the related literature review. Setting: This study was implemented in Tehran province in Iran. Participants: The sample included 392 families residing in Tehran province which was determined using random sampling. Results: About 61 % of the total sample faced food insecurity, at marginal, moderate and severe levels. Economic, psychological and human aspects of vulnerability had the highest effect on food insecurity during the initial COVID-19 lockdown. Conclusions: Authorities and policymakers must provide economic and financial support to vulnerable households. Abolition of US economic and financial sanctions imposed on Iran must be implemented to battle with COVID-19 in this country.

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Household Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in Rural South Africa: Evidence from a Nationally Representative Survey Data

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18041917 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 1917

Author(s):

Sandile Mthethwa ◽

Edilegnaw Wale

Keyword(s):

South Africa ◽

Food Insecurity ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Food Policy ◽

Critical Role ◽

Rural Household ◽

Eastern Cape ◽

Household Vulnerability ◽

Nationally Representative ◽

Vulnerable Households

Using a nationally representative dataset from rural areas in South Africa, the study examines vulnerability to food insecurity using the Vulnerability as Expected Poverty framework. The dataset used was large and comprehensive to develop robust profiles of vulnerable households. This is executed employing the sustainable livelihoods framework. The findings show that human and financial capital plays a critical role in making rural households resilient from vulnerability to food insecurity. The failure of natural resources to support agricultural livelihoods emerged as an important factor for rural household vulnerability to food insecurity. Gender-based imbalances still prevail, explaining most of the rural household vulnerability to food insecurity. Female-dominated households still endure most of the prevailing vulnerabilities to food insecurity, and this is even worse for households headed by younger females. Policies, strategies, and institutions in South Africa have not been able to address household vulnerability to food insecurity. The study identified Eastern Cape and KwaZulu-Natal as the most vulnerable provinces where food policy has to be a top priority agenda.

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PENGARUH PERSEPSI KEINFORMATIFAN, HARGA, KEGUNAAN, DAN KEMUDAHAN PENGGUNAAN TERHADAP MINAT PEMBELIAN ULANG KONSUMEN GO-FOOD

E-Jurnal Manajemen Universitas Udayana ◽

10.24843/ejmunud.2021.v10.i08.p05 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 10 (8) ◽

pp. 820

Author(s):

Elrio Purnomo Hidayat ◽

Eristia Lidia Paramita

Keyword(s):

Consumer Satisfaction ◽

Global Economy ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Total Sample ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Perceived Usefulness ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Repurchase Intention ◽

Perceived Ease Of Use ◽

Online Questionnaire

Technology’s rapid advancement has transformed the global economy, making it more futuristic. Companies must be dedicated to serving customers in an increasingly advanced industrial environment. The realization of repurchase intention is heavily influenced by consumer satisfaction. This study aims to describe the influence of four important perceptual factors on repurchase intention through consumer satisfaction in the Go-Food application. An online questionnaire was used to collect the data, with a total sample size of 200 respondents. The analysis technique used is Structural Equation Modeling (SEM). According to the results, perceived of price and perceived usefulness have a substantial effect on customer satisfaction, while perceived informativeness and perceived ease of use have no significant impact. Keywords: Perception of informativeness; Perception of Price; TAM; Consumer Satisfaction; Repurchase Intention

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Pengaruh Digital Leadership dan Digital Collaboration terhadap Digital Skill Semasa COVID-19

Aksara: Jurnal Ilmu Pendidikan Nonformal ◽

10.37905/aksara.7.3.977-986.2021 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 977

Author(s):

Nopriadi Saputra ◽

Riant Nugroho

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation ◽

Sampling Method ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Least Square ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

First Order ◽

Work From Home ◽

Equation Modelling ◽

Digital Collaboration

Ketidaksetaraan dalam hal digital skill menjadi tantangan tersendiri yang dihadapi organisasi baik perusahaan maupun pemerintahan untuk menjamin produktivitas dan efektivitas dalam work from home semasa Covid-19. Pengembangan digital skill menjadi faktor penting yang coba dibahas pada artikel ini. Apakah digital skill dari pegawai yang melakukan WFH itu lebih dipengaruhi oleh digital leadership dari supervisornya ataukah oleh digital collaboration yang mereka lakukan dalam tim kerja? Riset empiris yang bersifat cross sectional dan melibatkan 824 pekerja kantoran 32 propinsi di Indonesia sebagai responden. Pengumpulan data mengunakan online-questionnaire dengan pendekatan convenience dan snowballing sebagai sampling method. Data yang diperoleh dianalisis menggunakan structural equation modelling yang berbasis partial least square dalam format first order constructs. Hasil pengujian hipotesis secara statistik menjelaskan bahwa digital skill dipengaruhi secara signifikan oleh digital collaboration dan digital collaboration dipengaruhi oleh digital leadership. Digital leadership berpengaruh tidak langsung terhadap digital skill. Kepemimpinan supervisor selama melewati masa COVID-19 sebaiknya lebih diarahkan untuk mendorong berkembanganya digital collaboration sehingga melalui hal tersebut berkembanglah digital skill.

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Pengaruh Pengalaman Usaha Dan Penggunaan Informasi Akuntansi Pelaku Usaha Mikro Kecil Menengah Terhadap Keberhasilan Usaha

Jurnal Riset Manajemen Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Widya Wiwaha Program Magister Manajemen ◽

10.32477/jrm.v6i1.333 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

pp. 27-39

Author(s):

Khoirunnisa Cahya Firdarini

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation ◽

Small And Medium Enterprises ◽

Control Variable ◽

Accounting Information ◽

Total Sample ◽

Creative Industries ◽

Business Success ◽

Statistical Tool ◽

Business Experience ◽

Medium Enterprises

Accounting information has an important role to achieve business success, as well as for small businesses.This research examines the effect of business experience and accounting information system used toward business success with age of business as control variable. The population of this research are small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in creative industries sector operated in Yogyakarta district. Based on purposive sampling method, total sample of this research is 200 SMEs. Statistical tool utilized to test the hypothesis in this study is path analysis using structural equation modelling (SEM). The test result shows that business experience and accounting information have positive and significant effect to the success of SMEs.

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Personality and Behavioral Predictors of Cyclist Involvement in Crash-Related Conditions

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph16244881 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 16 (24) ◽

pp. 4881 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yubing Zheng ◽

Yang Ma ◽

Nan Li ◽

Jianchuan Cheng

Keyword(s):

Personality Traits ◽

Road Safety ◽

Sensation Seeking ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Personal Characteristics ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Road Crashes ◽

Crash Rates ◽

Model Combining

In recent years, the increasing rate of road crashes involving cyclists with a disproportionate overrepresentation in injury statistics has become a major concern in road safety and public health. However, much remains unknown about factors contributing to cyclists’ high crash rates, especially those related to personal characteristics. This study aims to explore the influence of cyclist personality traits and cycling behaviors on their road safety outcomes using a mediated model combining these constructs. A total of 628 cyclists completed an online questionnaire consisting of questions related to cycling anger, impulsiveness, normlessness, sensation seeking, risky cycling behaviors, and involvement in crash-related conditions in the past year. After the psychometric properties of the employed scales were examined, the relationships among the tested constructs were investigated using structural equation modeling. The results showed that cyclists’ crash risks were directly predicted by risky cycling behaviors and cycling anger, and the effects of cycling anger, impulsiveness, as well as normlessness on crash risks, were mediated by cycling behaviors. The current findings provide insight into the importance of personality traits in impacting cycling safety and could facilitate the development of evidence-based prevention and promotion strategies targeting cyclists in China.

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Students Acceptance of Google Classroom: An Exploratory Study using PLS-SEM Approach

International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET) ◽

10.3991/ijet.v13i06.8275 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 13 (06) ◽

pp. 112 ◽

Cited By ~ 25

Author(s):

Rana A. Saeed Al-Maroof ◽

Mostafa Al-Emran

Keyword(s):

Technology Acceptance ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Equation Model ◽

Ease Of Use ◽

Partial Least Square ◽

Perceived Usefulness ◽

Least Square ◽

Perceived Ease Of Use ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Actual Usage

Google classroom can work in unidirectional process as it can serve the teachers’ strategies and styles on one hand and students’ perception, understanding, and effective participation in different classroom skills on the other hand. The ac-ceptance of Google classroom is affected by different factors. Some of them are still not clearly specified and discussed in previous research; therefore, they need further investigation. Based on the previous assumption, this study is an attempt to examine the factors that affect the students’ acceptance of Google classroom at Al Buraimi University College (BUC) in Oman. The Technology Acceptance Model (TAM) was adopted to formulate the hypotheses of the current study. The data was collected through an online questionnaire with 337 respondents. The Partial Least Square-Structural Equation Model (PLS-SEM) approach was used to assess both the measurement and structural models. The results of the study prove that both the perceived ease of use (PEOU) and perceived usefulness (PU) positively influence the behavioral intention, which in turn influence the actual usage of Google classrooms. This study helps the decision makers of the higher educational institutions to have a better understanding of the effectiveness of us-ing Google classroom by their students. It is assumed that it helps in measuring the level of students’ acceptance to the previously mentioned technology.

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Teaching during the Pandemic: A Comparison in Psychological Wellbeing among Smart Working Professions

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su13094850 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 13 (9) ◽

pp. 4850

Author(s):

Emanuela Mari ◽

Giulia Lausi ◽

Angelo Fraschetti ◽

Alessandra Pizzo ◽

Michela Baldi ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Ad Hoc ◽

Well Being ◽

Total Sample ◽

Italian Population ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Psychological Variables ◽

Group Methods ◽

Random Probability ◽

Smart Working ◽

Restrictive Measures

Background: As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, since March 2020, the Italian population was forced into lockdown to prevent the spread of the virus. The restrictive measures imposed forced many organizations and workers to work through online platforms and no longer in-person. Smart working, enjoyed by some workers for its flexibility, affected several professional categories. The purpose of this study was to investigate whether there are differences in the psychological variables related to four groups of professional categories (practitioners, managers, executive employees, teachers), particularly the teachers group. Methods: A total sample of 628 individuals was recruited through a random probability sample across Italy. Due to the lockdown, an online questionnaire was developed; several validated scales were chosen, and some ad hoc constructed items related to the smart working experience were included. Results: The results showed statistically significant differences between the four groups of examined smart workers. Conclusions: All workers have had to readjust to this new way of working, but our results show that teachers were the most affected, both in the perception of their psychological well-being and in the management of the smart working mode.

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The effect of individual factors on user behaviour and the moderating role of trust: an empirical investigation of consumers’ acceptance of electronic banking in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq

Financial Innovation ◽

10.1186/s40854-020-00206-0 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 6 (1) ◽

Author(s):

Yadgar Taha M. Hamakhan

Keyword(s):

Structural Equation ◽

Academic Staff ◽

Individual Factors ◽

Kurdistan Region ◽

Electronic Banking ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

User Behaviour ◽

The Relationship ◽

Moderating Role

Abstract The popularity of self-service technologies, particularly in the banking industry, more precisely with electronic banking channel services, has undergone a major change as individuals' lifestyles develop. This change has affected individuals’ decisions about accepting any new Information Technology, and Information Communications Technology services that are electronically mediated, for example, E-Banking channel services. This study investigates the effect of Individual Factors on User Behaviour, and the moderating role of Trust in the relationship between Individual Factors, and User Behaviour based on the Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology. This research proposes a model, with a second-order components research framework. It improves current explanations of the acceptance of electronic banking channel services. Furthermore, this study highlights the role of trust on the acceptance of electronic banking channel services, which is the most crucial consideration in customers’ decisions to accept electronic banking channels services. Thus, trust is the spine of the system in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq. Data were collected using an online questionnaire that received 476 valid responses from academic staff who work at the University of Sulaimani. The model tested data using the Partial Least Squares-Structural Equation Modelling approach. The results show that Individual Factors have a positive effect on User Behaviour. Besides, results show that trust moderates the relationship between Individual Factors and User Behaviour.

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Determinants of household vulnerability to food insecurity during COVID-19 lockdown in a mid-term period in Iran – ERRATUM

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980021000872 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-1

Author(s):

Mohammad Reza Pakravan-Charvadeh ◽

Moselm Savari ◽

Haider A Khan ◽

Saeid Gholamrezai ◽

Cornelia Flora

Keyword(s):

Food Insecurity ◽

Household Vulnerability

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Family Interaction and Depressive Symptoms in Chinese Emerging Adults: A Mediation Model of Gratitude

Psychological Reports ◽

10.1177/00332941211000662 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 003329412110006

Author(s):

Kelly Ka Lai Lam ◽

Wei-Wen Chen

Keyword(s):

Depressive Symptoms ◽

Emerging Adults ◽

Structural Equation ◽

Family Interaction ◽

Assessment Instrument ◽

Equation Modeling ◽

Mediation Model ◽

Online Questionnaire ◽

Patient Health ◽

Healthy Family

In this study, we investigated the relations between family interaction, gratitude, and depressive symptoms among Chinese emerging adults. It also investigated gratitude as a mediator in the relation between family interaction and depression. Data were obtained from 321 college students who completed the online questionnaire about the Family Assessment Instrument, Gratitude Questionnaire, Patient Health Questionnaire, and demographic information. Structural equation modeling (SEM) was used to test hypotheses and bootstrapping with 5,000 resamplings (95% confidence interval) was used to confirm the mediation model. Results showed that gratitude partially mediated the relation between family interaction and depression. In other words, students with healthy family interaction, as indicated by perceived better family communication, mutuality, and harmony with family members, tended to report higher general gratitude, and subsequently diminished depressive symptoms. The practical implications were discussed.

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