Table 2 Binary logistic regression analysis of socio-demographic variables predicting the odds of food insecurity among households (n = 1985) in East Gojjam Zones of Amhara region, 2013

Household head:

 Female ^R

162 (55.7)

129 (44.3)

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 Male

1013 (59.8)

681 (40.2)

1.185 (0.922, 1.522)

1.215 (0.565, 2.612)

Female authority:

 Yes

1146 (59.6)

778 (40.4)

1.625 (0.975, 2.709)

1.320 (0.747, 2.381)

 No ^R

29 (47.5)

32 (52.5)

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Maternal education:

 No formal education

1041 (60.5)

681 (39.5)

1.472 (1.134, 1.9.9)^**

1.058 (0.746, 1.499)

 Formal education

134 (51.0)

129 (490)

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Paternal education:

 No formal education

812 (61.4)

510 (38.6)

1.386 (1.107, 1.735)^**

1.083 (0.828, 1.418)

 Formal education

212 (53.5)

188 (46.5)

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Family size:

 2–4

541 (55.9)

432 (44.1)

0.762 (0.637, 0.912)^***

0.641 (0.513,0.801)^***

 ≥ 5

628 (62.4)

378 (37.6)

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Maternal occupation

Farmer:

491 (48.1)

530 (51.9)

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 Yes

 No

684 (71.0)

280 (29.0)

2.637 (2.190, 3.174)^***

4.795 (3.753, 6.125)^***

Merchant:

 Yes

89 (47.3)

99 (52.7)

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 No

1086 (60.4)

711 (39.6)

1.699 (1.257, 2.297)^***

1.638 (1.015, 2.643)^*

Day labourer:

 Yes

12 (57.1)

9 (42.9)

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 No

1163 (59.2)

801 (40.8)

1.089 (0.457,2.596)

0.928 (0.186, 4.626)

Paternal occupation

Farmer:

 Yes

913 (60.3)

601 (39.7)

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 No

262 (55.6)

209 (44.4)

0.825 (0.670, 1.017)

0.528 (0.321, 0.869)^*

Merchant:

 Yes

96 (53.9)

82 (46.1)

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 No

1079 (59.7)

728 (40.3)

1.265 (0.929, 1725)

0.770 (0.459, 1.292)

Day labourer:

 Yes

17 (60.7)

11 (39.3)

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 No

11.58 (59.2)

799 (40.8)

0.938 (0.437, 2.013)

0.720 (0.286, 1.813)

Monthly income:

 1^st quartile

501 (62.9)

296 (37.1)

1.908 (1.422, 2.561)^**

2.756 (1.902, 3.993)^***

 2^nd quartile

298 (63.7)

170 (36.3)

1.976 (1.437, 2.717)^**

1.897 (1.299, 2.771)^**

 3^rd quartile

266 (54.7)

220 (45.3)

1.363 (0.997, 1.863)

1.070 (0.743, 1.543)

 4^th quartile ^R

110 (47.0)

12 (53.0)

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