Household Food Insecurity in Southeastern Iran: Severity and Related Factors

Table 2

Logistic regression model, socioeconomic and demographic factors affecting household food insecurity in households studied ().

Variable	(%)	Food insecurity without hunger		Food insecurity with moderate & severe hunger
		value	OR (95% CI)	value	OR (95% CI)
Occupation of head of household
Unemployed	102 (4.7)	0.241	2.30 (0.57–9.35)	0.401	1.97 (0.4–9.67)
Worker	340 (15.7)	0.809	1.16 (0.33–4)	0.855	0.87 (0.2–3.75)
Driver	180 (8.3)	0.939	0.95 (0.26–3.37)	0.385	0.51 (0.11–2.29)
Professor/doctor/administrative and managerial occupations	500 (23.1)	0.850	1.12 (0.32–3.89)	0.208	0.38 (0.08–1.70)
Martial	201 (9.3)	0.835	0.87 (0.24–3.09)	0.052	0.21 (0.04–1.01)
Retired	78 (3.6)	0.989	1.009 (0.28–3.64)	0.013	0.11 (0.02–0.63)
Self-employed	734 (34.0)	0.941	0.95 (0.28–3.22)	0.260	0.43 (0.1–1.85)
Housekeeper (women head of household)	25 (1.2)
Education of household head; Maternal education
Illiterate	111 (5.1)	0.0001	5.75 (2.40–13.77)	0.0001	6.06 (2.38–15.43)
	149 (6.9)	0.418	1.33 (0.66–2.67)	0.005	3.13 (1.41–6.92)
Elementary	282 (13.1)	0.0001	2.68 (1.61–4.48)	0.0001	2.98 (1.63–5.43)
	461 (21.3)	0.406	1.21 (0.76–1.92)	0.002	2.57 (1.43–4.60)
Secondary school	454 (21.0)	0.0001	2.35 (1.53–3.60)	0.014	1.95 (1.14–3.34)
	387 (17.9)	0.667	0.91 (0.6–1.38)	0.024	1.88 (1.08–3.28)
High school & diploma	789 (36.5)	0.0001	1.99 (1.43–2.78)	0.003	1.98 (1.25–3.14)
	674 (31.2)	0.448	1.14 (0.81–1.59)	0.008	1.95 (1.19–3.19)
University education	524 (24.3)
	489 (22.6)
Maternal age (years)
≤26	730 (33.8)	0.295	0.78 (0.49–1.24)	0.001	0.4 (0.24–0.67)
27–35	800 (37.0)	0.813	0.95 (0.65–1.39)	0.067	0.67 (0.44–1.02)
≥35	630 (29.2)
Household size ()
1–3	611 (28.3)	0.154	0.76 (0.52–1.10)	0.001	0.48 (0.31–0.74)
4-5	1074 (49.7)	0.223	0.82 (0.6–1.12)	0.973	0.99 (0.71–1.38)
≥6	475 (22.0)
Having children under 18
Yes	2046 (94.7)	0.562	0.85 (0.51–1.44)	0.0001	14.87 (4.96–44.55)
No	114 (5.3)
Socioeconomic status
Low	1183 (54.8)	0.0001	5.71 (3.48–9.38)	0.0001	11.05 (5.44–22.44)
Moderate	770 (35.6)	0.0001	2.47 (1.55–3.91)	0.044	2.04 (1.01–4.09)
High	207 (9.6)

Reference category is food-secure; OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.