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Table 1 Characteristics of the girls at the first round survey (2005) by Food Security status.

From: Food insecurity and age at menarche among adolescent girls in Jimma Zone Southwest Ethiopia: a longitudinal study

Variables

Food Secure

(n = 675)

Food Insecure

(n = 225)

P

Mean age (± SD), Years*

14.8(1.3)

14.8(1.4)

0.956

Place

   

   Urban

36.3%

40.0%

0.218

   Semi urban

28.0%

30.7%

 

   Rural

35.7%

29.3%

 

Sex of the household head

   

   Male

78.7%

91.6%

< 0.001

   Female

21.3%

8.4%

 

Household income Tertile

   

   Low

34.8%

33.3%

0.043

   Middle

30.2%

38.7%

 

   High

35.0%

28.0%

 

Nutritional status

   

   Normal

77.2%

80.8%

0.309

   Stunted

22.8%

19.2%

 

Work index, mean(± SD)*

33.7(17.3)

40.1(17.5)

< 0.001

Mean highest grade completed(± SD)*

5.3(2.7)

5.2(2.6)

0.014

  1. Source: Jimma Longitudinal Family Survey of Youth; Round 1, 2005-2006.
  2. *An independent Samples T-test was used to compare means.
  3. Chi-square test was used to compare portions.
  4. Percentages are calculated out of column totals.