Table 3 Predicting women’s likelihood of experiencing food insecurity in Nepal, 2016
From: Food insecurity among women of reproductive age in Nepal: prevalence and correlates
|  | All women of reproductive age (n = 12,859)i | ||
|---|---|---|---|
Adjusted odds ratio | 95% Confidence Limits | ||
Predictor variable | Â | Lower | Upper |
Ethnicity (Dalit = 0) | |||
 Brahmin/Chhetri | 0.54*** | 0.40 | 0.73 |
 Newar | 0.59 | 0.30 | 1.18 |
 Hill Indigenous | 0.52*** | 0.40 | 0.68 |
 Terai Indigenous | 0.53*** | 0.38 | 0.73 |
 Muslim | 0.55* | 0.35 | 0.87 |
 Other | 0.47*** | 0.34 | 0.64 |
Covariates | |||
 Sex of the household head (Female = 1; male = 0) | 1.13 | 0.99 | 1.29 |
 Total household members | 0.98 | 0.95 | 1.01 |
 Age of Women at Interview | 0.99 | 0.99 | 1.00 |
Women’s education (no education = 0) | |||
 Primary (1-5th grade) | 0.75*** | 0.65 | 0.87 |
 Secondary (6-10th grade) | 0.61*** | 0.52 | 0.72 |
 High School and above (>10th grade) | 0.44*** | 0.36 | 0.53 |
Married (yes = 1; no = 0) | 0.80** | 0.68 | 0.94 |
Had birth(s) in the last 5 years (yes = 1; no = 0) | 1.07 | 0.94 | 1.21 |
Wealth Index | 0.55*** | 0.52 | 0.59 |
Owns property (1 = yes; 0 = no) | 0.90 | 0.78 | 1.04 |
Employed/Working (1 = yes; no = 0) | 0.97 | 0.86 | 1.09 |
Religion (Hindu = 1; else = 0) | 1.01 | 0.80 | 1.29 |
Residence (Urban = 1; rural = 0) | 0.98 | 0.79 | 1.20 |
Ecological zone (Terai = 0) | |||
 Mountain | 0.77 | 0.50 | 1.20 |
 Hill | 1.04 | 0.82 | 1.31 |
Development region (Eastern = 0) | |||
 Central | 1.60** | 1.20 | 2.13 |
 Western | 0.90 | 0.68 | 1.20 |
 Mid-western | 1.91*** | 1.43 | 2.56 |
 Far-western | 1.46* | 1.04 | 2.05 |
F value for Wald χ2 | 29.42*** | ||
Max-rescaled R2 | .26 | ||
generalized R2 | .20 | ||
c | .77 | ||
Hosmer and Lemeshow χ2 GFI | 12.11(df = 8; p = .15) | ||