Table 1 Baseline characteristics of study participants, Jimma Longitudinal Family Survey of Youth, Southwest Ethiopia (n = 1919)
From: The effect of food insecurity on health status of adolescents in Ethiopia: longitudinal study
Characteristics | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Variables | ||
Religion | ||
 Muslim | 1171 | 61.0 |
 Orthodox | 633 | 33.0 |
 Othersa | 115 | 6.0 |
Sex | ||
 Male | 996 | 51.9 |
 Female | 923 | 48.1 |
 Age, mean (SD) | 18.9 ± 1.4 |  |
Educational status | ||
 No schooling | 519 | 27.1 |
 Primary | 760 | 39.6 |
 Secondary and above | 640 | 33.3 |
Chronic food insecurity (Adolescents) | 268 | 14.0 |
Body mass index (n = 1800) | ||
 Underweight | 655 | 36.4 |
 Normal | 1114 | 61.9 |
 Overweight | 31 | 1.7 |
Parent education (n = 1918) | ||
 Illiterate | 832 | 43.4 |
 Primary | 395 | 20.6 |
 Secondary | 691 | 36.0 |
 Household food insecurity Round1 | 1172 | 61.1 |
 Household food insecurity Round2 | 1660 | 86.5 |
 Chronic food insecurity (Households) | 1087 | 56.6 |
Household wealth status (n = 1894) | ||
 Low | 632 | 33.4 |
 Average | 636 | 33.6 |
 High | 626 | 33.0 |
Female headed households | 342 | 17.8 |
Residence | ||
 Urban | 672 | 35.0 |
 Semi-urban | 551 | 28.7 |
 Rural | 696 | 36.3 |