Table 1.
Socio-demographic and behavioral characteristics on some variables among currently married women from food secure and insecure households in Arba Minch town, March 2017.
| Variables (N=696) | Total | Food security status | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecure | Food secure | |||
| Num(%) | Num (%) | Num (%) | ||
| Partner's educational status | No formal education | 126(18.1) | 84(19.6) | 42(15.7) |
| Primary level education | 401(57.6) | 236(55) | 165(61.8) | |
| Secondary and above education | 169(24.3) | 109(25.4) | 60(22.5) | |
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| Women's occupation | Housewife | 308(44.3) | 207(48.3) | 101(37.8) |
| Othersa | 388(55.7) | 222(51.7) | 166(62.2) | |
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| Partner's occupation | Government employee | 310(44.5) | 188(43.8) | 122(45.7) |
| Othersb | 386(55.5) | 241(56.2) | 145(54.3) | |
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| Family size | <5 | 552(79.3) | 325(75.8) | 227(85.0) |
| 5 and above | 144(20.7) | 104(24.2) | 40(15) | |
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| Average monthly income | >=1317 ETB | 547(78.6) | 331(77.2) | 216(80.6) |
| < 1317 ETB | 149(21.4) | 98(22.8) | 51(19.1) | |
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| Partner drinks alcohol | yes | 264(37.9) | 173(40.3) | 91(34.1) |
| no | 432(62.1) | 256(59.7) | 176(65.9) | |
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| Partner chews khat | Yes | 160(23) | 108(25.2) | 52(19.5) |
| No | 536(77.0) | 321(74.8) | 215(80.5) | |
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| Mass media exposure | yes | 626(89.9) | 382(89) | 244(91.4) |
| no | 70(10.1) | 47(11.0) | 23(8.6) | |
a= employed, merchants, daily laborers, student, b= merchants, farmer, carpenters, guards, etc.