Household Level Determinants of Food Insecurity in Rural Ethiopia

Table 2

Association of household food security status among some socioeconomic variables in rural Ethiopia.

Predictors (factors)	Categories	Food security status (FSS)		Total (100%)
		Secure	Insecure
Employment status of HH head	Yes	1179 (52.5%)	1068 (47.5%)	2247
	No	375 (43.4%)	490 (56.6%)	865
HH access to credit	Yes	248 (51.0%)	238 (49.0%)	486
	No	1308 (49.8%)	1321 (50.2%)	2629
AID assistance	Yes	242 (44.9%)	297 (55.1%)	539
	No	1314 (51.0%)	1262 (49.0%)	2576
Land ownership	Yes	1331 (50.1%)	1324 (49.9%)	2655
	No	223 (48.8%)	234 (51.2%)	457
HH owned a nonagricultural business	Yes	109 (61.2%)	69 (38.8%)	178
	No	1447 (49.3%)	1487 (50.7%)	2934
Remittance	Yes	217 (43.9%)	277 (56.1%)	494
	No	1339 (51.1%)	1282 (48.9%)	2621
Dependency ratio	[0–25]	319 (41.2%)	456 (58.8%)	775
	(25–50]	425 (51.1%)	406 (48.9%)	831
	(50–75]	320 (59.8%)	215 (40.2%)	535
	(75–100]	492 (50.5%)	482 (49.5%)	974
Total livestock	0	181 (34.0%)	351 (66.0%)	532
	1–5	369 (41.6%)	519 (58.4%)	888
	6–10	295 (49.9%)	296 (50.1%)	591
	>10	711 (64.4%)	393 (35.6%)	1104
Overall prevalence of FSS		1,556 (49.95%)	1,559(50.05)