Assessing financial literacy and food and nutritional security relationship in an African country

Heliyon. 2023 Aug 28;9(9):e19573. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19573. eCollection 2023 Sep.

Abstract

This study investigates the relationship between rural Ghanaian household food and nutrition security and financial literacy. We used the endogenous treatment regression (ETR) technique to address the analysis's potential selection bias problem. The findings of our study demonstrated a beneficial relationship between food and nutrition security and financial literacy. According to further studies, the relationship between food security and financial literacy is heterogeneous. Our findings may have some ramifications for promoting food and nutritional security while preserving rural development methods.

Keywords: Endogenous treatment regression; Financial literacy; Food security; Ghana; Householder.