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Table 2 Weighted descriptive results using individual, nationally representative sample women of reproductive age (n = 12,862)i, Nepal, 2016.

From: Food insecurity among women of reproductive age in Nepal: prevalence and correlates

Variables

Percentage

Mean

Std. Dev

% Food insecure

55.74

  

Ethnicity

 % Dalit

12.41

  

 % Brahmin/Chhetri

31.66

  

 % Newar

04.97

  

 % Hill indigenous

20.95

  

 % Terai Indigenous

09.85

  

 % Muslim

05.00

  

 % Other

15.17

  

Sex of the household head

 % Female

31.07

  

Total household members (Mean)

 

05.46

2.80

Age of women at interview (Mean)

 

29.32

9.73

Women’s education

 % No education

33.28

  

 % Primary (1-5th grade)

16.72

  

 % Secondary (6-10th grade)

35.11

  

 % High School & above (>10th grade)

14.89

  

% Married

76.77

  

% Had birth(s) in the last 5 years

31.08

  

Wealth Index (Mean)

 

03.12

1.39

% Owns property (home or land or both)

15.07

  

% Employed/working

56.92

  

Religion

 % Hindu

85.85

  

Residence

 % Urban

62.76

  

Ecological zone

 % Mountain

06.02

  

 % Hill

43.20

  

 % Terai

50.78

  

Development Region

 % Eastern

22.55

  

 % Central

35.53

  

 % Western

20.19

  

 % Midwestern

12.83

  

 % Far-western

08.91

  
  1. iUnweighted sample size