Table 3.
Parameter estimates from multivariate logistic regressions predicting the odds of adolescents suffering from chronic food insecurity, stratified by residence, in Southwest Ethiopia from 2005 to 2007
|
Predictors |
Urban |
Semi-urban |
Rural |
|||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AOR [95% CI] | P | AOR [95% CI] | P | AOR [95% CI] | P | |
| Sex | ||||||
| Male |
1.00 |
|
|
|
|
|
| Female |
1.45[1.10, 1.92] |
0.009 |
1.55[1.17, 2.06] |
0.002 |
1.58[1.19, 2.10] |
0.001 |
| Educational status of adolescents | ||||||
| Primary (grade 0-8) |
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
|
|
| Secondary and above (grade >9) |
0.47[0.29, 0.75] |
0.002 |
0.73[0.44, 1.18] |
0.198 |
0.94[0.56, 1.58] |
0.818 |
| Household income (tertiles) | ||||||
| Low |
1.69[1.15, 2.50] |
0.008 |
1.15[0.78, 1.71] |
0.477 |
1.22[0.93, 2.81] |
0.090 |
| Middle |
1.80[1.23, 2.63] |
0.003 |
1.34[0.91, 1.96] |
0.140 |
0.70[0.39, 1.26] |
0.236 |
| High |
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
| Dependency ratio (tertiles) | ||||||
| Low |
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
| Middle |
1.08[0.75, 1.56] |
0.689 |
1.06[0.73, 1.54] |
0.772 |
1.17[0.80, 1.72] |
0.413 |
| High |
1.48[1.02, 2.14] |
0.039 |
1.49[1.02, 2.17] |
0.038 |
1.48[1.01, 2.17] |
0.047 |
| Sex of the household head | ||||||
| Male |
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
| Female |
1.14[0.80, 1.61] |
0.466 |
1.43[1.00, 2.05] |
0.053 |
1.95[1.35, 2.83] |
<0.001 |
| Household food security at baseline | ||||||
| Food insecure |
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
1.00 |
|
| Food Secure | 2.59[1.95, 3.45] | <0.001 | 2.71[2.03, 3.61] | <0.001 | 2.43[1.82, 3.24] | <0.001 |
Parameter estimates as obtained from multivariable logistic regression model.
AOR = Adjusted Odds ratio.
Cl = Confidence interval.