Research Article
Household Food Insecurity Predicts Childhood Undernutrition: A Cross-Sectional Study in West Oromia (Ethiopia)
Table 1
Characteristics of the study population.
| | Population characteristics (n = 525) | n (%) |
| | Residence (location) | | | Urban | 294 (56.0) | | Periurban | 231 (44.0) |
| | Child age category | | | Aged 6–11 months | 215 (41.0) | | Aged 12–23 months | 310 (59.0) |
| | Sex of child | | | Male | 253 (48.2) | | Female | 272 (51.8) |
| | Mother's/caregiver’s age (years) | | | 18–24 years | 219 (41.7) | | 25–34 years | 245 (46.7) | | 35–49 years | 45 (8.6) | | ≥49 years | 2 (0.4) | | Missing data | 14 (2.7) |
| | Marital status | | | Married | 494 (94.1) | | Single | 10 (1.9) | | Others (living together) | 21 (4.0) |
| | Ethnic group | | | Oromo | 488 (93.0) | | Amhara | 21 (4.0) | | Others | 16 (3.0) |
| | Religion | | | Christian | 483 (92.0) | | Muslim | 42 (8.0) |
| | Maternal educational status | | | Attended formal education | 503 (95.8) | | Cannot read and write (did not go to school) | 22 (4.2) |
| | Mother’s report of paid work | | | Yes | 84 (16.0) | | No | 441 (84.0) | | Household food access score | 7.9 (7.7) |
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Mean (SD): mean and standard deviations. Values are n (%) unless stated |
