Food Insecurity and Mental Distress among Mothers in Rural Tigray and SNNP Regions, Ethiopia

Table 1

Socio-economic characteristics of the study participants in SNNP and Tigray regions, 2010.

Variables		n	%
Age
	15-19	120	4
	20-24	569	19
	25-29	879	29.4
	30-34	652	21.8
	35-39	536	17.9
	40	236	7.9
Additional job aside from household chores
	Yes	837	28.2
	No	2134	71.8
History of employment in the past 12 months
	Yes	73	2.5
	No	2901	97.5
Mother’s main occupation
	Farmer or family work	1289	43.1
	House wife	1495	50
	Other occupation	208	7
Remuneration for main occupation
	Money	138	4.6
	In-kind	76	2.6
	Money and in-kind	38	1.3
	Nothing	2777	91.5
Location of work
	Home	1570	52.6
	Away from home	616	20.7
	Both at home and away from home	797	26.7
Marital status of the mother
	Single	41	1.4
	Married	2737	91.5
	Widowed	56	1.9
	Divorced	105	3.5
	Separated	48	1.6
	Married more than one spouse	2	0.1
Maternal educational status
	No formal education	1986	66.4
	Grade 1-6	798	26.7
	Grade 7-12	195	6.5
	Higher education	13	0.4
Head of the household
	Mother	203	6.9
	Other than the mother	2785	93.1
Main source of drinking water for the household
	Piped water	1202	40.2
	Non-piped water	1790	59.8
Toilet facility
	Traditional pit latrine	2382	79.6
	Ventilated improved pit (VIP) latrine	49	1.6
	No facility/Bush/Field	555	18.8
Number of functional asset possession
	Lowest tertile	1016	34%
	Middle tertile	996	33.30%
	Highest tertile	975	32.70%
Household construction materials
	Traditional construction materials	2953	98.7
	Modern construction materials	39	1.3