Table 4.

Chronic adolescent food insecurity in the total sample by household chronic food insecurity and place of residence

Place of Residence	Household chronic food security status	Adolescent chronic food insecurity status		P
		Food secure	Food insecure
Urban	Food secure	94.8%	5.2%	<0.001
	Food insecure	72.7%	27.3%
Semi Urban	Food secure	91.0%	9.0%	<0.001
	Food insecure	72.2%	27.8%
Rural	Food secure	88.3%	11.7%	0.189
	Food insecure	84.8%	15.2%

Chronic food insecurity refers to food insecurity in both year 1(2005/6) and Year 2(2006/7) of the survey for both households and adolescents.

P values are comparing food insecure adolescents with food secure adolescents of the same sex by income tertile for urban, semi-urban and rural residences.