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Table 2 Household characteristics, FUTURES baseline survey, 2021; N = 1.113

From: Association of gender-related factors and household food security in southwest Oromia, Ethiopia: evidence from a cross-sectional study

Characteristic

Unweighted number

Percentage

(95% CI)

Household size

 1–2

72

6.6

(5.5, 7.8)

 3–4

481

43.5

(41.2, 45.8)

 5 + 

560

50.0

(47.6, 52.3)

Major livelihood/income earning activities

Crop production

  No

260

26.6

(19.6, 35.0)

  Yes

853

73.4

(65.0, 80.5)

Livestock production

 No

760

68.5

(63.4, 73.1)

 Yes

353

31.5

(26.9, 36.6)

Off-farm self-employment

 No

1040

92.8

(90.1, 94.7)

 Yes

73

7.3

(5.3, 9.9)

Off-farm wage employment

 No

930

83.5

(81.4, 85.5)

 Yes

183

16.5

(14.5, 18.6)

Other

 No

939

82.1

(76.6, 86.6)

 Yes

174

17.9

(13.4, 23.4)

Number livelihood/income activities per household

 Only one

639

57.3

(51.6, 62.9)

 More than one

474

42.7

(37.1, 48.4)

Diversity of livelihood activities

 Only one: crop production

393

31.9

(28.5, 35.6)

 Only one: other than crop production

246

25.4

(18.6, 33.7)

 More than one: crop and livestock production

343

30.3

(25.6, 35.6)

 More than one: any other combination

131

12.3

(10.6, 14.3)

Ownership of farm animals

 No

266

25.3

(20.2, 31.1)

 Yes

847

74.7

(68.9, 79.8)

Ownership of farmland

 No

315

28.3

(23.4, 33.8)

 Yes

798

71.7

(66.2, 76.6)

Farmland size in hectares

 No farmland

315

28.3

(23.4, 33.8)

  =  < 1 hectare

463

42.9

(38.9, 46.9)

  > 1 hectare

335

28.9

(26.1, 31.8)

No. of experiences of significant shocks in the past 12 months

 0

437

39.3

(36.0, 42.7)

 1

363

33.5

(30.6, 36.5)

 2 + 

313

27.3

(24.6, 30.1)

Woreda

 Alge Sachi

322

44.4

(33.3, 56.1)

 Bilo Nopa

78

10.1

(5.7, 17.1)

 Chora

193

8.3

(4.5, 14.8)

 Doreni

86

3.7

(1.5, 9.0)

 Hurumu

158

21.4

(12.4, 34.6)

 Yayu

276

12.1

(6.7, 20.8)

Wealth quintiles

 Lowest (Poorest)

224

20.0

(17.9, 22.6)

 Second

222

20.0

(17.7, 22.4)

 Middle

222

20.0

(17.7, 22.4)

 Fourth

223

20.0

(17.8, 22.5)

 Highest

222

20.0

(17.7, 22.4)