Household Level Determinants of Food Insecurity in Rural Ethiopia

Table 1

Association of households’ food security status with some household head’s demographic characteristics in rural Ethiopia.

Predictors (factors)	Categories	Food security status (FSS)		Total (100%)
		Secure	Insecure
Sex of HH head	Male	1267(55.3%)	1023 (44.7%)	2290
	Female	289 (35.0%)	536 (65.0%)	825
Age of HH head	15–29	247 (45.8%)	292 (54.2%)	539
	30–64	1146(52.4%)	1041 (47.6%)	2187
	65+	163 (41.9%)	226 (58.1%)	389
HH head literacy status	Yes	602 (55.0%)	492 (45.0%)	1094
	No	952 (47.2%)	1066 (52.8%)	2018
Marital status of HH head	Never married	50 (42.4%)	68 (57.6%)	118
	Married	1334 (55.7%)	1062 (44.3%)	2396
	Others a	171 (28.5%)	428 (71.5%)	599
Overall prevalence of FSS	1,556 (49.95%)	1,559(50.05)	3115

a Widowed, divorced, and separated.