Table 1 Descriptive details of food security and the determinants in rural Ethiopia
Variables with category | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Food security | ||
Secured | 1040 | 38.21 |
Not secured | 1682 | 61.79 |
Region | ||
Tigray | 261 | 9.59 |
Amhara | 760 | 27.92 |
Oromia | 900 | 33.06 |
SNNPR | 801 | 29.43 |
Rain shock | ||
Yes | 2385 | 87.62 |
No | 337 | 12.38 |
Crop shock | ||
Yes | 2302 | 84.57 |
No | 420 | 15.43 |
Husband death | ||
Yes | 10 | 0.37 |
No | 2712 | 99.63 |
Year of the survey | ||
2004 | 1215 | 44.64 |
2009 | 1507 | 55.36 |
Extension visit | ||
Yes | 901 | 33.10 |
No | 1821 | 66.90 |
Off-farm income | ||
Yes | 1369 | 50.29 |
No | 1353 | 49.71 |