Table 4.

Relationship between FI and sexual relationship power among women in sexual relationships, stratified by sex of the household head, Tanzania, 2010

Characteristic	N	Relationship power score
		Mean (SD)	Unadjusteda		Adjustedb
			β (SE)	p	β (SE)	p
Female heads of household (N = 237)c
Food security status
Food secure	200	2.48 (0.35)	1		1
Some FI	37	2.35 (0.33)	−0.14 (0.06)	0.07	−0.10 (0.07)	0.22
Severe FI	58	2.49 (0.36)	0.01 (0.08)		0.03 (0.08)
Women in male-headed households (N = 295)
Food security status
Food secure	157	2.53 (0.40)	1		1
Some FI	47	2.47 (0.28)	−0.05 (0.05)	0.05	−0.01 (0.06)	0.17
Severe FI	33	2.41 (0.27)	−0.11 (0.05)		−0.10 (0.06)

SD standard deviation, SE standard error

^aOLS linear regression with the sexual relationship power score as the dependent variable and robust standard errors to account for clustering within village

^bModel adjusted for age category, marital status, education, regular sexual partner, home ownership, dwelling floor type, asset index (quartiles), per capita expenditures (quartiles), acres of land, type of land ownership, and ever being a beneficiary of the voucher program. Whether there is an adult male in the household was excluded from the model due to multicollinearity

^cAnalysis limited to the 522 women (237 female heads of household and 295 women in male-headed households) who were currently in a sexual relationship with a regular or steady partner