Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics of the participants
From: Household food insecurity and associated factors in the Northeast of Iran: a cross-sectional study
Characteristics | Number (%) |
|---|---|
Father’s educational level | |
Illiterate | 728 (15.05) |
Basic literacy | 620 (12.82) |
Primary or middle school | 1882 (38.92) |
High school | 966 (19.98) |
University degree | 640 (13.23) |
Mother’s education level | |
Illiterate | 1322 (26.03) |
Basic literacy | 859 (16.92) |
Primary or middle school | 1649 (32.47) |
High school | 852 (16.78) |
University degree | 396 (7.80) |
Ethnicity | |
Fars | 2045 (40.37) |
Turkmen | 1900 (37.50) |
Sistani | 682 (13.46) |
Baluchi | 198 (3.91) |
Other | 241 (4.76) |
Father’s occupational status | |
Unemployed | 273 (5.65) |
Farmer/rancher | 779 (16.13) |
Laborer | 1254 (25.96) |
Public sector employees | 481 (9.96) |
Self-employed | 1478 (30.60) |
Jobless/retired | 565 (11.70) |
Mother’s occupational status | |
Housewife | 4682 (92.37) |
Employed | 387 (7.63) |
Head of households | |
Father | 4624 (90.35) |
Mother | 401 (7.84) |
Other | 93 (1.82) |
Age, Mean ± SD | 42.80 ± 13.81 |
Family size, Mean ± SD | 3.96 ± 1.48 |