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Table 2 Determinants of Food Insecurity among Coffee Producing Households of Jimma Zone, Ethiopia, 2016

From: Gender and education as predictors of food insecurity among coffee farming households of the Jimma zone, Southwest of Ethiopia

Variables

Response

Total

Food Insecure

N (%)

Food Secure

N (%)

Crude Odds Ratio

(95% C.I)

Adjusted Odds Ratio

(95% C.I)

P value

Agricultural Input Utilization

Yes

406

265(65)

141(35)

0.69(0.51,0.95)

0.72(0.49,1.08)

0.12

No

343

250(73)

93(27)

1.00

Access To Credit Service

Yes

330

188(57)

142(43)

0.37(0.27,0.51)

0.41(0.31,0.58)

<0.01*

No

419

327(78)

92(22)

1.00

Agricultural Extension Package

Yes

356

232(65)

124(35)

0.72(0.53,0.99)

1.04(0.70,1.55)

0.85

No

393

283(72)

110(28)

1.00

Food Purchasing Gender

Male

276

218(79)

58(21)

2.22(1.57,3.14)

2.30(1.58,3.33)

<0.01*

Female

473

297(63)

176(37)

1.00

Wealth Index

Higher

293

200(68)

93(32)

1.00

0.25

Medium

271

175(65)

96(35)

0.84(0.59,1.20)

0.77(0.52,1.13)

0.18

Lower

185

140(76)

45(24)

1.44(0.95,2.19)

1.09(0.69,1.71)

0.72

Household head Education

Formal Education

583

380(65)

203(35)

0.43(0.28,0.65)

0.61(0.38,0.99)

0.04*

No Formal education

166

135(81)

31(19)

1.00

Spouse Education

Formal Education

511

331(65)

180(35)

0.54(0.37,0.76)

0.64(0.42,0.97)

0.04*

No Formal education

238

184(77)

54(23)

1.00

Sex Of The Household Head

Female

75

50(75)

25(25)

0.89(0.54,1.42)

0.86(0.49,1.52)

0.60

Male

674

465(69)

209(31)

Land Size

<=0.5 Hectares

364

249(68)

115(32)

0.96(0.71,1.31)

1.05(0.75,1.46)

0.78

>0.5 Hectares

385

266(69)

119(31)

1.00

Marital Status

Married

685

461(67)

224(33)

0.38(0.19,0.76)

0.54(0.25,1.14)

0.11

Widowed/

Divorced

64

54(84)

10(16)

1.00

Family Size

1.16(1.06,1.27)

1.10(0.99,1.22)

0.09

Dependency Ratio

2.03(0.75,5.41)

1.53(0.51, 4.59)

0.45

  1. *significant P < 0.05