Table 2.

Distribution of HFI level according to sociodemographic and child factors, Nepal Demographic and Health Survey 2011 (10 826 households)

			Level of HFI
	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.