Table 2.
Level of HFI | |||||||||
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Food secure | Mild | Moderate | Severe | ||||||
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | P value | |
Total | 1079 | 41·6 | 419 | 16·2 | 602 | 23·2 | 491 | 19·0 | |
Wealth index | |||||||||
Poorest | 95 | 12·2 | 159 | 20·4 | 291 | 37·4 | 234 | 30·0 | <0·001 |
Poorer | 161 | 30·7 | 100 | 19·0 | 144 | 27·4 | 120 | 22·9 | |
Middle | 233 | 47·7 | 72 | 14·8 | 90 | 18·4 | 93 | 19·1 | |
Richer | 258 | 65·2 | 55 | 13·9 | 49 | 12·4 | 34 | 8·6 | |
Richest | 332 | 82·4 | 33 | 8·2 | 28 | 6·9 | 10 | 2·5 | |
Members in the household | |||||||||
≤5 members | 530 | 43·9 | 193 | 16·0 | 279 | 23·1 | 205 | 17·0 | 0·059 |
>5 members | 549 | 39·7 | 226 | 16·3 | 323 | 23·3 | 286 | 20·7 | |
Development region | |||||||||
Eastern | 317 | 52·3 | 101 | 16·7 | 103 | 17·0 | 85 | 14·0 | <0·001 |
Central | 290 | 52·0 | 78 | 14·0 | 117 | 21·0 | 73 | 13·1 | |
Western | 189 | 48·6 | 47 | 12·1 | 80 | 20·6 | 73 | 18·8 | |
Mid-western | 141 | 24·4 | 96 | 16·6 | 142 | 24·6 | 198 | 34·3 | |
Far-western | 142 | 30·8 | 97 | 21·0 | 160 | 34·7 | 62 | 13·4 | |
Ecological zone | |||||||||
Mountain | 163 | 34·0 | 124 | 25·8 | 120 | 25·0 | 73 | 15·2 | <0·001 |
Hill | 373 | 35·5 | 164 | 15·6 | 337 | 32·1 | 177 | 16·8 | |
Terai | 543 | 51·2 | 131 | 12·4 | 145 | 13·7 | 241 | 22·7 | |
Type of place of residence | |||||||||
Urban | 322 | 58·2 | 69 | 12·5 | 73 | 13·2 | 89 | 16·1 | <0·001 |
Rural | 757 | 37·1 | 350 | 17·2 | 529 | 26·0 | 402 | 19·7 | |
Mother’s highest education level | |||||||||
No education | 283 | 24·5 | 203 | 17·6 | 333 | 28·8 | 336 | 29·1 | 0·06 |
Primary | 201 | 40·3 | 94 | 18·8 | 126 | 25·3 | 78 | 15·6 | |
Secondary | 440 | 61·5 | 97 | 13·6 | 115 | 16·1 | 63 | 8·8 | |
Higher | 128 | 82·1 | 11 | 7·1 | 15 | 9·6 | 2 | 1·3 | |
Sex of the child | |||||||||
Male | 544 | 40·7 | 223 | 16·7 | 321 | 24·0 | 250 | 18·7 | 0·60 |
Female | 535 | 42·7 | 196 | 15·6 | 281 | 22·4 | 241 | 19·2 | |
Child’s age | |||||||||
≤24 months | 428 | 42·3 | 149 | 14·7 | 247 | 24·4 | 188 | 18·6 | 0·33 |
>24 months | 651 | 41·2 | 270 | 17·1 | 355 | 22·5 | 303 | 19·2 | |
Birth order of the child | |||||||||
1 | 394 | 52·7 | 112 | 15·0 | 146 | 19·5 | 96 | 12·8 | <0·001 |
2 | 268 | 44·0 | 100 | 16·4 | 145 | 23·8 | 96 | 15·8 | |
≥3 | 324 | 31·3 | 179 | 17·3 | 279 | 26·9 | 254 | 24·5 |
HFI, household food insecurity.