Table 2 Multivariable logistic regression predicting the odds of being chronically food insecurity among adolescents in Jimma zone Southwest Ethiopia
From: Predictors of chronic food insecurity among adolescents in Southwest Ethiopia: a longitudinal study
Predictors | AOR [95% CI] | P |
|---|---|---|
Sex | ||
 Male | 1.00 | 0.006 |
 Female | 1.46 [1.12, 1.92] |  |
Educational status of adolescents | ||
 Secondary and above (>grade 9) | 1.00 | 0.006 |
 Primary (grade 0-8) | 1.97 [1.22, 3.18] |  |
Household income (tertiles) | ||
 Low | 1.61 [1.06, 2.43] | 0.026 |
 Middle | 1.74 [1.18, 2.58] | 0.006 |
 High | 1.00 |  |
Dependency ratio (tertiles) | ||
 Low | 1.00 | 0.535 |
 Middle | 1.12 [0.78,1.61] | 0.011 |
 High | 1.61 [1.12, 2.31] |  |
Sex of the household head | ||
 Male | 1.00 | 0.608 |
 Female | 1.10 [0.77, 1.58] |  |
Place of residence | ||
 Urban | 1.70 [1.17, 2.48] | 0.006 |
 Semi-urban | 1.70 [1.20, -2.42] | 0.003 |
 Rural | 1.00 |  |
Household food security at baseline | ||
 Food insecure | 2.86 [2.16, 3.79] | <0.001 |
 Food Secure | 1.00 |  |
Maternal education | ||
 Illiterate | 1.88 [0.97, 3.64] | 0.063 |
 Primary | 1.67 [0.86, 3.22] | 0.130 |
 Secondary and above | 1.00 |  |
Paternal education | ||
 Illiterate | 1.45 [0.84, 2.52] | 0.186 |
 Primary | 1.53 [0.95, 2.46] | 0.078 |
 Secondary and above | 1.00 |  |