Predictors of chronic food insecurity among adolescents in Southwest Ethiopia: a longitudinal study

BMC Public Health

Table 4 Chronic adolescent food insecurity in the total sample by household chronic food insecurity and place of residence

Place of Residence	Household chronic food security status	Adolescent chronic food insecurity status		P
		Food secure	Food insecure
Urban	Food secure	94.8%	5.2%	<0.001
	Food insecure	72.7%	27.3%
Semi Urban	Food secure	91.0%	9.0%	<0.001
	Food insecure	72.2%	27.8%
Rural	Food secure	88.3%	11.7%	0.189
	Food insecure	84.8%	15.2%

Chronic food insecurity refers to food insecurity in both year 1(2005/6) and Year 2(2006/7) of the survey for both households and adolescents.
P values are comparing food insecure adolescents with food secure adolescents of the same sex by income tertile for urban, semi-urban and rural residences.

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