Table 3.
Factors associated with food insecurity using multivariable logistic regression among households in Debre Berhan town, central Ethiopia (n = 377).
| Variables | Food insecure | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Percent (%) | COR | 95% CI | AOR | 95% CI | |
| Age of household head | |||||
| 19–29 (n = 210) | 33.3 | 0.35 | 0.11–1.17 | 0.32 | 0.07–1.52 |
| 30–39 (n = 152) | 28.9 | 0.29 | 0.09–0.97 | 0.25 | 0.05–1.21 |
| ≥40 (n = 12) | 58.3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Sex of household head | |||||
| Father headed (n = 328) | 30.5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Mother headed (n = 43) | 46.5 | 1.98 | 1.04–3.77 | 1.37 | 0.53–3.51 |
| Religion of household head | |||||
| Orthodox (n = 334) | 33.5 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Protestant (n = 26) | 15.4 | 0.36 | 0.12–1.07 | 0.34 | 0.09–1.30 |
| Others (n = 14)1 | 37.7 | 1.10 | 0.36-3.36 | 0.70 | 0.19–2.60 |
| Occupation of husband/cohabitant male partner | |||||
| Daily laborer (n = 37) | 27.0 | 1.10 | 0.50–2.42 | 1.77 | 0.68–1.62 |
| Merchant (n = 63) | 42.9 | 2.22 | 1.23–4.00 | 2.68 | 1.31–5.48 * |
| Private sector employee (n = 34) | 41.2 | 2.07 | 0.98–4.39 | 2.23 | 0.96–5.20 |
| Governmental employee (n = 210) | 25.2 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Education of husband/cohabitant male partner | |||||
| Uneducated (n = 18) | 66.7 | 4.68 | 1.71–12.83 | 1.82 | 0.49–6.72 |
| Informal education (n = 22) | 22.7 | 0.69 | 0.25–1.92 | 1.09 | 0.27–4.44 |
| Formal education (n = 324) | 29.9 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Education of wives/cohabitant female partner | |||||
| Uneducated (n = 19) | 63.2 | 3.77 | 1.44–9.85 | 3.10 | 1.01–9.55 * |
| Informal education (n = 20) | 20.0 | 0.55 | 0.18–1.69 | 0.31 | 0.07–1.46 |
| Formal education (n = 336) | 31.3 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Occupation of wives/cohabitant female partner | |||||
| Housewife (n = 141) | 27.0 | 0.84 | 0.50–1.42 | 0.55 | 0.28–1.08 |
| Merchant (n = 57) | 43.9 | 1.79 | 0.95–3.38 | 1.19 | 0.53–2.66 |
| Private sector employee (n = 34) | 47.1 | 2.03 | 0.95–4.37 | 1.60 | 0.65–3.94 |
| Governmental employee (n = 138) | 30.4 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Number of children | |||||
| One (n = 167) | 37.7 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Two (n = 123) | 28.5 | 0.66 | 0.40–1.08 | 2.28 | 0.94–5.50 |
| > = Three (n = 84) | 28.6 | 0.66 | 0.37–1.17 | 1.59 | 0.68–3.67 |
*
Likelihood-ratio test, a value of p of < 0.05.
1
Muslim and Catholic.
COR, crude odds ratio; AOR, adjusted odds ratio; CI, confidence interval.