From: Household food insecurity and coping strategies among pensioners in Jimma Town, South West Ethiopia
Variables | Categories | Frequency | Percent |
---|---|---|---|
Household Head (n = 399) | Head | 352 | 82.2 |
Spouse | 45 | 11.3 | |
Relative | 2 | 0.6 | |
Age Category | ≤ 44 | 69 | 17.3 |
45–64 | 199 | 49.9 | |
≥ 65 | 131 | 32.8 | |
Sex | Male | 189 | 47.4 |
Female | 210 | 52.6 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 191 | 47.9 |
Muslim | 138 | 34.6 | |
Protestant | 66 | 16.5 | |
Wakefata | 4 | 1.0 | |
Occupational status | Guard | 164 | 41.1 |
Government employee | 61 | 15.5 | |
Merchant | 38 | 9.5 | |
Soldier | 12 | 3 | |
Housewife | 124 | 31.1 | |
Othersa | 22 | 5.5 | |
Educational status | Uneducated | 221 | 55.4 |
Primary school | 122 | 30.6 | |
Secondary school | 41 | 10.3 | |
Diploma and above | 15 | 3.8 | |
Marital status | Married | 270 | 67.7 |
Widowed | 103 | 25.8 | |
Divorced/Separated | 67 | 16.8 | |
Single/Never married | 7 | 1.8 | |
Household Economic Status | Poor | 118 | 29.6 |
Medium | 171 | 42.9 | |
High | 110 | 27.6 |