Reducing amount and frequency of meal as a major coping strategy for food insecurity

Table 1 Socio demographic characteristics of the study, DHDSS, 2016

Variables	Frequency	Percent
Sex of the household head
Female	4261	28.11
Male	10,898	71.89
Residence
Rural	9949	65.63
Urban	5210	34.37
Household size
1–4	8711	57.47
5–8	6056	39.94
9+	392	2.59
Wealth status
Low income	4293	28.52
Middle income	5862	38.94
Better income	4898	32.54
Marital status of household head
Married	10,048	66.29
Single	1202	7.93
Divorced	1435	9.47
Widowed	1901	12.54
Separated	573	3.78
Religion
Orthodox	14,574	96.14
Islam	582	3.84
Others	3	0.02
Household Head’s level of education
Unable to read and write	7428	49
Able to read and write	3395	22.4
Primary education	1623	10.71
Secondary education	1764	11.64
Tertiary education	949	6.26
Occupation
Student	731	4.82
Farmer	10,339	68.2
All types of paid job	3345	22.07
Unemployed	320	2.11
^aOthers	424	2.8

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