Table 3 Factors associated with household food insecurity among school adolescents in Jimma zone, Southwest Ethiopia, 2013

Household head

Father

31.2

68.8

1.24 (0.66, 2.28)

1.80 (0.56, 5.81)

0.326

Mother

23.4

76.6

0.84 (0.42, 1.69)

2.29 (0.55, 9.65)

0.257

Relatives

26.8

73.2

1

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Maternal education

No education

30.9

69.1

0.86 (0.41, 0.79)*

3.05 (0.78, 11.95)

0.109

Can read and write

33.3

66.7

0.97 (0.44, 2.15)

2.26 (0.57, 8.93)

0.064

Primary school(1–8)

40.1

59.9

1.29 (0.62, 2.69)

4.20 (1.22, 17.33)

0.024

Secondary school (9–12)

39.4

60.6

1.66 (0.72, 3.85)

5.36 (1.25, 22.10)

0.244

Collage and above

34.1

65.9

1

1

Maternal occupation

Housewives

28.6

71.4

1.18 (0.83, 1.68)

0.78 (0.39, 1.55)

0.476

Farmers

24.3

75.7

0.61 (0.31, 1.19)

0.41 (0.14, 1.23)

0.112

Others^a

25.3

74.7

1

1

Type of house

Self-build house

32.4

67.6

1.81 (1.13, 2.90)

1.80 (0.70, 4.62)

0.224

Government house

25.9

74.1

1.31 (0.74, 2.31)

0.94 (0.32, 2.77)

0.911

Rented house

21

79

1

1

Caregivers’ residence

Urban

24.3

75.7

0.95 (0.71, 1.27)

1.34 (0.42, 4.26)

0.620

Rural

25.2

74.8

1

1

Caregivers’ Sex

Male

22.3

77.7

0.94 (0.69, 1.26)

0.89 (0.54, 1.47)

0.653

Female

23.3

76.7

1

1

Fathers’ job

Farmers

29

71

1.07 (0.73, 1.57)

0.83 (0.28, 2.44)

0.730

Government employee

30.8

69.2

1.16 (0.71, 1.89)

0.90 (0.36, 2.28)

0.831

Private Organization

42.6

57.4

1.95 (1.08, 3.55)

1.25 (0.47, 3.30)

0.655

Others

27.7

72.3

1

1

Fathers education

No education

22.2

77.8

0.53 (0.29, 0.95)*

0.86 (0.25, 2.94)

0.814

Can read and write

31

69

0.83 (0.45, 1.53)

1.11 (0.30, 4.09)

0.879

Primary school(1–8)

33.4

66.6

0.93 (0.55, 1.56)

0.78 (0.27, 2.27)

0.653

Secondary school (9–12)

38.3

61.7

1.15 (0.63, 2.07)

1.16 (0.40, 3.33)

0.785

Collage and above

35.1

64.9

1

1

Caregivers’ illness

Yes

31.2

68.8

1.98 (1.45, 2.70)**

1.41 (0.83, 2.40)

0.202

No

18.7

81.3

1

1

Family economic situation

Self-sufficient

2.8

97.2

0.06 (0.03, 0.10)**

0.17 (0.06, 0.51)

0.001

Not self-sufficient

31.3

68.7

1

Family size

≤4

21.6

78.4

0.78 (0.55, 1.10)

0.93 (0.51, 1.69)

0.814

≥5

26

74

1

1

Livestock ownership

Have livestock

2.5

97.5

0.02 (0.01, 0.04)**

0.09 (0.01, 0.15)

0.001

Have no livestock

51.6

48.4

1

Household economic status

Low

19.3

80.7

0.58 (0.37, 0.93)*

1.39 (1.18, 2.83)

0.014

Medium

24.6

75.4

0.79 (0.53, 1.17)

0.68 (0.36, 1.30)

0.240

High

29.3

70.7

1

1

Marital Status

Married

25.5

74.5

0.92 (0.66, 1.28)

0.64 (0.36, 1.13)

0.125

Not Married

27

73

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