From: Food Insecurity in Farta District, Northwest Ethiopia: a community based cross–sectional study
Characteristics | Frequency | Percent | |
---|---|---|---|
Sex of the household head | Male | 721 | 86.2 |
Female | 115 | 13.8 | |
Marital status | Unmarried | 8 | 1.0 |
Married | 715 | 85.5 | |
Divorced | 47 | 5.6 | |
Widowed | 54 | 6.5 | |
Separated | 12 | 1.4 | |
Religion | Orthodox | 834 | 99.8 |
Muslim | 2 | 0.2 | |
Family size | 1-3 | 163 | 19.5 |
4-7 | 359 | 42.9 | |
>7 | 314 | 37.6 | |
Education level | Can’t read and write | 654 | 78.2 |
Can read and write | 182 | 21.8 | |
Occupation | Farmer | 796 | 95.2 |
Merchant | 27 | 3.2 | |
Daily laborer | 13 | 1.6 | |
Land ownership | No land | 20 | 2.4 |
<0.5 hectare | 420 | 50.2 | |
0.5-1 hectare | 329 | 39.3 | |
>1 hectare | 67 | 8.1 | |
Access to irrigation | Yes | 311 | 37.2 |
No | 525 | 62.8 | |
Perennial plants | Yes | 338 | 40.4 |
No | 498 | 59.6 | |
TLU | <2.5 | 581 | 69.5 |
≥2.5 | 255 | 30.5 | |
Off-farm activities | Yes | 158 | 18.9 |
No | 678 | 81.1 | |
Crop production | <8.85 quintal | 472 | 56.6 |
>8.85 quintal | 362 | 43.4 |