Table 3 Binary logistic regression analysis of socio-demographic variables predicting the odds of food insecurity among households (n = 1979) in West Gojjam Zones of Amhara region, 2013

Household head:

 Female ^R

184 (66.4)

93 (33.6)

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1

 Male

833 (48.9)

869 (51.1)

0.484 (0.371, 0.633)^***

1.041 (0.646, 1.680)

Female authority:

 Yes

975 (51.6)

915 (48.4)

192 (0.779, 1.825)

1.032 (0.657, 1.623)

 No ^R

42 (47.2)

47 (52.8)

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1

Maternal education:

 No formal education

848 (54.4)

711 (45.6)

1.771 (1.423, 2.205)^***

1.388 (1.011, 1.905)^*

 Formal education

169 (40.2)

251 (59.8)

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1

Paternal education:

 No formal education

637 (52.9)

568 (47.1)

1.589 (1.300, 1.941)

1.110 (0.864, 1.457)

 Formal education

240 (41.4)

340 (58.6)

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1

Family size:

 2–4

485 (84.3)

408 (45.7)

1.238 (1.037, 1.478)^*

1.088 (0.878, 1.3490

 ≥ 5

532 (49.0)

554 (51.0)

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1

Maternal occupation

Farmer:

 Yes

271 (47.5)

299 (52.5)

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1

 No

746 (52.9)

663 (47.1)

1.241 (1.022, 509)^*

1.237 (0.980, 1.560)

Merchant:

 Yes

138 (56.3)

107 (43.7)

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1

 No

879 (50.7)

855 (49.3)

0.797 (0.609, 1.044)

0.375 (0.251, 0.559)^***

Day labourer:

 Yes

63 (80.8)

15 (19.2)

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1

 No

954 (50.2)

947 (49.8)

0.240 (0.136, 0.424)^***

0.460 (0.191, 1.106)

Paternal occupation

Farmer:

 Yes

642 (51.6)

602 (48.4)

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1

 No

374 (51.2)

357 (48.8)

0.982 (0.818, 1.179)

0.954 (0.683, 1.333)

Private employee:

 Yes

22 (40.0)

32 (60.0)

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 No

994 (51.8)

925 (48.2)

1.612 (0.933, 2.785)

Merchant:

 Yes

115 (37.7)

190 (62.3)

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1

 No

901 (54.0)

769 (46.0)

1.936 (1.506, 2.487)^***

1.866 (1.285, 2.712)^**

Day labourer:

 Yes

68 (75.6)

22 (24.4)

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1

 No

948 (50.3)

937 (49.7)

0.327 (0.201, 0.534)^***

0.436 (0.246,0.772)^**

Monthly income:

 1^st quartile

288 (67.1)

141 (32.9)

4.442 (3.408, 5.790)^***

3.232 (2.366, 4.418)^***

 2^nd quartile

183 (62.2)

111 (37.8)

3.585 (2.677, 4.801)^***

2.618 (1.892, 3.622)^***

 3^rd quartile

357 (54.4)

299 (45.6)

2.596 (2.061, 3.271)^***

2.177 (1.691, 2.803)^***

 4^th quartile ^R

189 (31.5)

411 (68.5)

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