ABSTRACT This paper examines the extent to which household assets ownership vary along the urban-rural continuum, and assess the influence of these assets on household food accessibility. A cross-sectional research design using a stratified random sample of 279 households was sampled along the urban-rural continuum in Morogoro and Iringa, Tanzania. The results show that household assets ownership varies significantly in areas regarded as urban, peri-urban and rural. Using binary logistic regression, household food accessibility improves as household head's education and the number of household members earning income increase. Conversely, food accessibility worsens as household size, the proportion of consumption expenditure on food, and reliance on aid increase. It is concluded that although household assets ownership varies greatly along the urban-rural continuum, its food accessibility status is influenced by factors such as household head's education level, number of members earning an income, household size, the proportion of consumption expenditure on food and reliance on aid. Household's location does not affect its food accessibility. Therefore, household's heads should be given appropriate technical skills to enable them to improve their household food accessibility. More job opportunities should be created mostly in rural areas and people should be sensitised to practice family planning.

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中等城镇及其周边地区的家庭资产和粮食安全：来自坦桑尼亚 Morogoro 和 Iringa 的一些见解

摘要 本文研究了家庭资产所有权在城乡连续体上的变化程度，并评估了这些资产对家庭食物可及性的影响。一项横断面研究设计使用了 279 户家庭的分层随机样本，沿着坦桑尼亚莫罗戈罗和伊林加的城乡连续体进行了抽样。结果表明，家庭资产所有权在城市、城郊和农村地区存在显着差异。使用二元逻辑回归，随着户主受教育程度和家庭成员收入增加，家庭食物可及性提高。相反，随着家庭规模、食品消费支出比例和对援助依赖的增加，食品可及性恶化。得出的结论是，虽然家庭资产所有权在城乡连续体上变化很大，但其食物可及性状况受户主受教育程度、有收入的成员人数、家庭规模、食物消费支出比例等因素的影响。依赖援助。家庭的位置不影响其食物的可及性。因此，应为户主提供适当的技术技能，使他们能够改善家庭食物的可及性。应主要在农村地区创造更多的就业机会，并应提高人们对实行计划生育的认识。食品消费支出和对援助的依赖程度。家庭的位置不影响其食物的可及性。因此，应为户主提供适当的技术技能，使他们能够改善家庭食物的可及性。应主要在农村地区创造更多的就业机会，并应提高人们对实行计划生育的认识。食品消费支出和对援助的依赖程度。家庭的位置不影响其食物的可及性。因此，应为户主提供适当的技术技能，使他们能够改善家庭食物的可及性。应主要在农村地区创造更多的就业机会，并应提高人们对实行计划生育的认识。