Research, Policy and Practice
Variables | Total (n = 1499) | Dhas (646) | Gorodola (853) | p value |
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Religion | < 0.001 | |||
Wakefata | 405 (27.0)1 | 403 (62.4) | 2 (0.2) | |
Muslim | 672 (44.8)2 | 183 (28.3) | 489 (57.3) | |
Orthodox Christian | 28 (1.9) | 15 (2.3) | 13 (1.5) | |
Protestant Christian | 394 (26.3) | 45 (7.0) | 349 (40.9) | |
Ethnic group, Oromo | 1390 (92.7) | 643 (99.5) | 747 (87.6) | < 0.001 |
Maternal age (years) | 26.9 ± 6.9 | 27.0 ± 7.3 | 26.8 ± 6.7 | 0.51 |
Age at marriage | 17.1 ± 2.4 | 17.0 ± 2.3 | 17.2 ± 2.4 | 0.054 |
Husband age (years) | 36.4 ± 11.4 | 38.8 ± 12.9 | 34.7 ± 9.8 | < 0.001 |
Marital status, married | 1414 (94.3) | 579 (89.6) | 835 (97.9) | < 0.001 |
Household head education | < 0.001 | |||
No formal education | 682 (55.8) | 399 (67.5) | 283 (44.8) | |
Primary education | 317 (25.9) | 38 (6.4) | 279 (44.1) | |
Secondary and above | 224 (18.3) | 154 (26.1) | 70 (11.1) | |
Total family size | 7.3 ± 3.1 | 5.5 ± 2.4 | 8.6 ± 3.0 | < 0.001 |
Under-5 children | 1.8 ± 0.9 | 1.5 ± 0.6 | 2.0 ± 1.0 | < 0.001 |
Household wealth | < 0.001 | |||
Lowest | 500 (33.4) | 260 (40.2) | 240 (28.1) | |
Middle | 500 (33.4) | 207 (32.0) | 293 (34.3) | |
Highest | 499 (33.3) | 179 (27.7) | 320 (37.5) | |
HFIAS | < 0.001 | |||
Food secure | 387 (25.8) | 118 (18.3) | 269 (31.5) | |
Mildly food-insecure access | 96 (6.4) | 42 (6.5) | 54 (6.3) | |
Moderately food-insecure access | 420 (28.0) | 147 (22.8) | 273 (32.0) | |
Severely food-insecure access | 596 (39.8) | 339 (52.5) | 257 (30.1) | |
Decision-making autonomy score | 5.5 ± 2.0 | 5.4 ± 2.1 | 5.5 ± 1.9 | 0.41 |