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. 2014 Aug 30;91(6):1098–1113. doi: 10.1007/s11524-014-9894-3

TABLE 3.

Logistic regression for predictors of food security

Variables Un-adjusted OR; [95 % CI] Adjusted OR [95 % CI]
Household income (ref: <KES 5,000 [∼US$60])
 5,000–10,000 [∼US$60–120,000] 2.50*** [1.80; 3.67] 2.00*** [1.37; 2.93]
 Above KES 10,000 [above US$120] 5.98*** [4.21; 8.52] 3.99*** [2.73; 5.82]
 Missing 3.87*** [2.60; 5.78] 3.10*** [2.02; 4.76]
Source of livelihoods (ref: formal)
 Casual 0.32*** [0.25; 0.40] 0.52*** [0.40; 0.67]
 Business 0.39*** [0.28; 0.54] 0.71* [0.49; 1.02]
 Scavenging and remittance 0.51*** [0.39; 0.68] 0.95 [0.69; 1.32]
 Missing 0.49* [0.22; 1.11] 1.48 [0.58; 3.78]
Household size (continuous) 0.85*** [0.80; 0.89] 1.13** [1.01; 1.25]
Dependency Ratio (continuous) 0.75*** [0.71; 0.81] 0.72*** [0.63; 0.82]
Illness in the household 0.50*** [0.40; 0.62] 0.69*** [0.54; 0.87]
Experienced any shock 0.51*** [0.33; 0.79] 0.76 [1.36; 2.13]
Rate of community security (ref: bad)
 Satisfactory 1.70*** [1.35; 2.14] 1.46 ***[1.14; 1.86]
 Good 3.77*** [2.90; 4.88] 2.90*** [2.18; 3.84]
Korogocho residence (ref: Viwandani) 0.26*** [0.21; 0.33] 0.40*** [0.32; 0.51]

*p<0.1, **p<0.05, ***p<0.01