Table 2.

Multivariable logistic regression predicting the odds of being chronically food insecurity among adolescents in Jimma zone Southwest Ethiopia

Predictors	AOR [95% CI]	P
Sex
Male	1.00	0.006
Female	1.46 [1.12, 1.92]
Educational status of adolescents
Secondary and above (>grade 9)	1.00	0.006
Primary (grade 0-8)	1.97 [1.22, 3.18]
Household income (tertiles)
Low	1.61 [1.06, 2.43]	0.026
Middle	1.74 [1.18, 2.58]	0.006
High	1.00
Dependency ratio (tertiles)
Low	1.00	0.535
Middle	1.12 [0.78,1.61]	0.011
High	1.61 [1.12, 2.31]
Sex of the household head
Male	1.00	0.608
Female	1.10 [0.77, 1.58]
Place of residence
Urban	1.70 [1.17, 2.48]	0.006
Semi-urban	1.70 [1.20, -2.42]	0.003
Rural	1.00
Household food security at baseline
Food insecure	2.86 [2.16, 3.79]	<0.001
Food Secure	1.00
Maternal education
Illiterate	1.88 [0.97, 3.64]	0.063
Primary	1.67 [0.86, 3.22]	0.130
Secondary and above	1.00
Paternal education
Illiterate	1.45 [0.84, 2.52]	0.186
Primary	1.53 [0.95, 2.46]	0.078
Secondary and above	1.00

Parameter estimates as obtained from multivariable logistic regression model.

AOR = Adjusted Odds ratio.

Cl = Confidence interval.