From: Predictors of chronic food insecurity among adolescents in Southwest Ethiopia: a longitudinal study
Predictors | Urban | Semi-urban | Rural | |||
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 | AOR [95% CI] | P | AOR [95% CI] | P | AOR [95% CI] | P |
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 |