Table 5 Factors associated with household food insecurity among pension users in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia, 2017

 ≤44

0.74(0.35,1.59)

2.40(0.87, 6.65)

 45–64

1

1

 ≥65

1.06(0.46, 2.45)

1.04(0.47, 2.29)

 Male

1.95(1.12,3.41) *

0.53(0.24, 1.15)

 Female

1

1

 Secondary School and above

0.21(0.11, 0.41) *

0.22 (0.097, 0.49)⁺

 Primary school (1–8)

0.10(0.052,0.24)

0.11 (0.05,0.28)⁺

 No education (Illiterate)

1

1

 Married

1

1

 Divorced

1.2 (0.31, 4.01)

1.11(0.25, 4.96)

 Widowed

1.59(0.81, 3.15)

1.10(0.44, 2.65)

 Never married

0.28(0.06, 1.29)

0.17(0.02, 1.45)

 Merchant

1

1

 Guard

0.11(0.05, 0.27) *

9.6(3.62, 25.44)⁺

 Government employee

0.17(0.08, 0.39)

1.83(0.71, 4.73)

 Soldier

0.14(0.04, 0.55)

0.36 (0.06, 2.05)

 Housewife

0.45(0.21, 1.01) *

0.29(0.11, 1.75)

 High

0.94(0.46, 1.89)

0.12 (0.52, 2.53)

 Medium

0.48(0.26, 0.88)

0.62(0.29, 1.33)

 Poor

1

1

 ≤3

1

1

 4–6

0.41(0.06,1.30)

1.87(0.73, 4.83)

 ≥7

0.80(0.24, 0.97)⁺

2.1(1.76, 5.63) ⁺

 Yes

1.56(0.79, 3.05)

0.53(0.24, 1.15)

 No

1

1

 Rent part of house

0.74 (0.37, 1.33)

0.30 (0.91, 1.76)

 Remittance from abroad

2.88 (0.96, 8.67)

2.34 (0.93, 7.30)

 Support from relatives

0.74 (0.36, 1.54)

1.53 (0.72, 3.44)

 Others

1

1

 No

1.7(0.9, 2.90)

0.16(0.84, 2.94)

 Yes

1

1