scholarly journals Correlates of Household Food Security in Densely Populated Areas of Southern Ethiopia: Does the Household Structure Matter?

2007 ◽  
Vol 1 (2) ◽  
pp. 85-91 ◽  
Author(s):  
Asefach Asefach ◽  
Regassa Nigatu
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Household Structure ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Household Food

scholarly journals What Explains Gender Gaps in Household Food Security? Evidence from Maize Farm Households in Southern Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Girma Gezimu Gebre ◽  
Hiroshi Isoda ◽  
Yuichiro Amekawa ◽  
Dil Bahadur Rahut ◽  
Hisako Nomura ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Food Security ◽  
Farm Households ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Lower Probability ◽  
Gender Gaps ◽  
Joint Decision ◽  
Household Food

AbstractUsing primary data collected from 560 farm households in Dawuro zone, southern Ethiopia, this study analyzes the gender gaps in food security among male, female, and joint decision-making farm households. It examines the factors inducing gender gaps among the households of those three categories. The results show that female decision-making households have a lower probability of ensuring food-security and a higher probability of being transitionally and chronically food-insecure. Joint decision-making households showed a higher probability of falling into the chronically food-insecure category. The decomposition results show significant gender gaps between male and female decision-making households in terms of food-secure, transitory food-insecure, and chronically food-insecure categories. Overall, both the endowment and return effects account for the gaps; however, the magnitude of the effect from the return is higher than from the endowment on significant gaps in the food-secure, transitory, and chronically food-insecure categories. Hence, there is a need for policies that not only ensure equal levels of productive resources but also help households build their capacity in order to improve both transitory and chronically food insecure situations.

scholarly journals DETERMINANTS OF HOUSEHOLD FOOD SECURITY AND COPING STRATEGY: (EVIDENCE FROM AMARO WOREDA OF SOUTHERN ETHIOPIA)

2018 ◽  
Vol 6 (5) ◽  
pp. 128-137
Author(s):  
Alemnesh Diramo ◽  
Rahmeto Negash ◽  
Agidew Abebe
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Food Shortage ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Systematic Sampling ◽  
Cultivated Land ◽  
Chi Square ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Main Determinants ◽  
Systematic Sampling Method

The study was conducted in Amaro Woreda of southern Ethiopia with the main objectives to identify the main determinants of household food Security. Data were analyzed by simple descriptive statistics (percentage, frequency and mean), inferential statistics (Chi-square and t-test) and logistic regression (binary logit) model. Household calorie acquisition was used to measure the status of household food security. Through systematic sampling method 151 respondents were identified. Among those 40.4% of the respondents were food insecure and 59.6% were food secure. The logistic model was initially fitted with 11 variables of which five were found to be significance effect on the household food security. Cultivated land size, livestock holding, education level, household labor and annual gross household income were significantly affecting household food security. Farm households have employed different coping strategies including sale of livestock, reduce size of meals and reduce number of meals at initial stage of food shortage and receive food aid, sale/consume seed meant and reduce size of meals at sever stage of food shortage. Improved food security is attained along with the increase in the size of cultivated land and livestock holdings. Improved technologies that increase the productivity of land and livestock should be given prior attention.

scholarly journals Co-morbid anaemia and stunting among children 2–5 years old in southern Ethiopia: a community-based cross-sectional study

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. e001039
Author(s):  
Alemselam Zebdewos Orsango ◽  
Eskindir Loha ◽  
Bernt Lindtjørn ◽  
Ingunn Marie Stadskleiv Engebretsen
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Iron Supplementation ◽  
Physical Growth ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Southern Ethiopia ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Associated ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Child Age

BackgroundIn Ethiopia, 38% of children less than 5 years of age are stunted and 57% are anaemic. Both have a negative impact later in life on physical growth and cognitive development and often coexist. There are few studies in Ethiopia that assessed co-morbid anaemia and stunting (CAS) and context-specific factors associated with it.ObjectiveThe objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of CAS, and factors associated with CAS among children aged 2 to 5 years, in southern Ethiopia.MethodsA community-based cross-sectional survey was conducted among 331 randomly selected children in 2017. Mothers were interviewed using a structured questionnaire to obtain child and household information. Anthropometric measurements and blood samples for haemoglobin were collected. Stunting was defined as height-for-age Z-scores (HAZ) less than −2 SDs and anaemia was defined as altitude-adjusted haemoglobin levels less than 11.0 g/dL. CAS was defined when a child was both stunted and anaemic. Crude and adjusted multinomial logistic regression analyses were used to identify factors associated with CAS.ResultsOut of 331 children studied, 17.8% (95% CI 13.87% to 22.4%) had CAS. Factors found significantly linked with higher odds of CAS were increased child age (adjusted OR (AOR) 1.0 (1.0 to 1.1)) and no iron supplementation during the last pregnancy (AOR (95% CI) 2.9 (1.3 to 6.2)). One factor found significantly linked to lower odds of CAS was food secured households (AOR (95% CI) 0.3 (0.1 to 0.9)).ConclusionsCo-morbid anaemia and stunting among children in the study area is of concern; it is associated with household food security, iron supplementation during pregnancy and child age. Therefore, comprehensive interventions focusing on improving household food security and promoting iron supplementation for pregnant women are suggested.

scholarly journals Prevalence of Food Insecurity by Household Structure: Counterintuitive Findings for Two-‘Parent’ Families

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_2) ◽  
pp. 114-114
Author(s):  
Patrick Creedon ◽  
Kammi Schmeer ◽  
Christopher Taylor ◽  
Jill Clark ◽  
Neal Hooker ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Child Health ◽  
Longitudinal Research ◽  
Multinomial Logistic Regression ◽  
Household Structure ◽  
Household Food Security ◽  
Security Level ◽  
Multigenerational Households ◽  
Household Food ◽  
Nationally Representative

Abstract Objectives Since the financial crash of 2008, an increased number of U.S. families are living in more consolidated households to minimize expenses. Food security levels of such multigenerational households are underexplored. This study examined differences in household-level food security status by household structure in a nationally-representative sample. Methods Analyses were conducted for data from 17,323 adult respondents in the nationally-representative NHANES 2011–2016. Only cases from households with children (younger than 18 years) were included. Respondents were assigned to the following household structure categories: two ‘parent’ figures (i.e., at least two adults between the age of 18 and 59), single ‘parent’ (i.e., one adult between the ages of 18 and 59), grandparent-as-caregiver (i.e., no adult 18–59 years, but one or more adults 60 or older), or multigenerational household (i.e., one or more adults between the ages of 18 and 59 and one or more adults aged 60 or older). Household food security was measured by the U.S. Household Food Security Survey. Multinomial logistic regression was used to examine the effect of household structure on food security level, controlling for poverty income ratio, number of adults and children, head of household educational attainment and marital status, and SNAP participation in the past 12 months. SPSS Complex Samples was used to account for the NHANES sampling strategy. Results Respondents from households of the two-parent-plus-child(ren) structure were significantly more likely to be in a marginally, low, or very low food secure household than respondents from households with only one parent-aged adult, multigenerational households, and households with a ‘grandparent’ as caregiver (F(26, 22) = 34.6, P < .001). Of these two-‘parent’ households, 65% were fully food secure; 13% were marginally food secure; and 22% experienced low or very low food security. Conclusions Two-‘parent’ households were more food insecure than each of the other household structures considered in this study. Future studies should employ mixed method and longitudinal research designs to understand the dynamics at play and their implications for child health. Funding Sources The Ohio State University Institute for Population Research and a National Institute of Child Health and Human Development center grant.

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