Table 6.

Trend of chronic adolescent food insecurity within chronically food insecure households by sex of adolescents, place of residence and household income

Place of Residence	Household income	Girls chronically	Boys chronically
	Tertiles	Food Insecure (n = 146)	Food insecure (n = 121)
Urban	High	23.1%	12.8%
	Middle	40.0%	31.7%
	Low	37.1%	23.5%
Semi Urban	High	35.7%	15.4%
	Middle	50.0%	12.8%
	Low	31.6%	25.6%
Rural	High	10.0%	0.0%
	Middle	18.0%	7.4%
	Low	17.7%	14.8%

Jimma Longitudinal Family Survey of Youth; Round 1, 2005-2006; Round 2, 2006-2007.

Percentages are out of row totals showing only those who were chronically food insecure for boys and girls separately.