Table 3 Parameter estimates from multivariate logistic regressions predicting the odds of adolescents suffering from chronic food insecurity, stratified by residence, in Southwest Ethiopia from 2005 to 2007

Sex

 Male

1.00

 Female

1.45[1.10, 1.92]

0.009

1.55[1.17, 2.06]

0.002

1.58[1.19, 2.10]

0.001

Educational status of adolescents

 Primary (grade 0-8)

1.00

1.00

 Secondary and above (grade >9)

0.47[0.29, 0.75]

0.002

0.73[0.44, 1.18]

0.198

0.94[0.56, 1.58]

0.818

Household income (tertiles)

 Low

1.69[1.15, 2.50]

0.008

1.15[0.78, 1.71]

0.477

1.22[0.93, 2.81]

0.090

 Middle

1.80[1.23, 2.63]

0.003

1.34[0.91, 1.96]

0.140

0.70[0.39, 1.26]

0.236

 High

1.00

1.00

1.00

Dependency ratio (tertiles)

 Low

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Middle

1.08[0.75, 1.56]

0.689

1.06[0.73, 1.54]

0.772

1.17[0.80, 1.72]

0.413

 High

1.48[1.02, 2.14]

0.039

1.49[1.02, 2.17]

0.038

1.48[1.01, 2.17]

0.047

Sex of the household head

 Male

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Female

1.14[0.80, 1.61]

0.466

1.43[1.00, 2.05]

0.053

1.95[1.35, 2.83]

<0.001

Household food security at baseline

 Food insecure

1.00

1.00

1.00

 Food Secure

2.59[1.95, 3.45]

<0.001

2.71[2.03, 3.61]

<0.001

2.43[1.82, 3.24]

<0.001