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Table 1 Socio demographic and economic characteristics of study participants Addis Ababa, February, 2012 (n = 550)

From: Urban food insecurity in the context of high food prices: a community based cross sectional study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Variables

Frequency (n = 550)

Percent

Sex of HH head

  

  Male

332

60.4

  Female

218

39.6

Age of HH head *

  

  18-24

17

3.1

  25-44

259

47.1

  45-64

195

35.5

  65+

79

14.4

Family size

  

  1-4

228

41.5

  5-8

276

50.2

  9

46

8.3

Education of HH head

  

  Uneducated

146

26.5

  Primary school

176

32.0

  Secondary school

127

23.1

  Diploma & above

101

18.4

Occupation of HH head

  

  Unemployed**

114

20.7

  Merchant

48

8.7

  Government employed

91

16.5

  NGO employed

86

15.6

  Self employed

94

17.1

  Daily wage

52

9.5

  Pension

65

11.8

Housing ownership

  

  Private

134

24.4

  Kebele’s rent

217

39.5

  Private rent

147

26.7

  Gift***

32

5.8

  Government rental Housing

20

3.6

Average monthly income ($) (n = 430)

  

  <33.3

114

26.5

  33.3-112.1

235

54.7

  112.1

81

18.8

Food share of expenditure (n = 471)

  

  <50%

166

35.2

  50-75%

228

48.4

  >75%

77

16.3

  1. *-UN-lowest age classification for household earning and employment activities.
  2. **-Includes those who get remittance as source of income.
  3. ***-Gift houses are those given from relatives, NGOs and government for peoples’ shelter.
  4. HH = Household, $ = US dollar classified as percentiles.