Unemployment and Food Insecurity in Urban Ethiopia

Etana, Dula; Tolossa, Degefa

doi:10.1111/1467-8268.12238

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“…That is, less poor households had a lower probability of being food insecure, while poorer households were more vulnerable to food insecurity during the pandemic. This result is also consistent with the a priori expectation of Harris‐Fry et al (2015), Etana and Tolossa (2017) and Abdullah et al (2019).…”

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Household food security and the COVID‐19 pandemic in Nigeria

Ibukun

Adebayo

2021

African Development Review

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Pivotal to human development and the sustainable development goals is food security, which remains of substantial concern globally and in Nigeria, particularly during the COVID‐19 pandemic despite various palliatives and intervention initiatives launched to improve household welfare. This study examined the food security status of households during the pandemic and investigated its determinants using the COVID‐19 National Longitudinal Phone Survey (COVID‐19 NLPS). In analysing the data, descriptive statistics, bivariate as well as multivariate analysis were employed. Findings from the descriptive statistics showed that only 12% of the households were food secure, 5% were mildly food insecure, 24.5% were moderately food insecure and over half of the households (58.5%) experienced severe food insecurity. The result from the ordered probit regression identified socioeconomic variables (education, income and wealth status) as the main determinants of food security during the pandemic. This study indicates that over two‐thirds of households were threatened by food insecurity in Nigeria. The finding indicates the gross inadequacy of government palliative support and distribution. Thus, regarding policy implication, interventions and palliatives should be well planned and consistent with household size and needs.

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confidence: 92%

Household food security and the COVID‐19 pandemic in Nigeria

Ibukun

Adebayo

2021

African Development Review

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“…This may explain the lower prevalence of food insecurity that we found in our study. This study has revealed that unemployment among the parents of adolescents was associated with food insecurity (Etana & Tolossa, 2017). Furthermore, this study has confirmed the outcomes of previous studies where low monthly incomes were associated with food insecurity (Norhasmah et al, 2011;Mohamadpour et al, 2012;Wang et al, 2015).…”

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Demographic factors, food security, health-related quality of life and body weight status of adolescents in rural area in Mentakab, Pahang, Malaysia

Alie¹,

Sulaiman²,

Nor³

et al. 2019

Mal J Nutr

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Introduction: Adequate, nutritive and safe foods are crucial for growth and healthy living. Adolescents are vulnerable to food insecurity. This study was aimed at determining the demographic factors, food security status, health-related quality of life (HRQOL) and body weight status of adolescents in Mentakab, Pahang, Malaysia. Methods: This study involved 160 households that comprised pairs of mothers and children aged 13-17 years. Face-to-face interviews were conducted with the mothers to assess their demographic and food security status (Radimer/Cornell Hunger and Food Insecurity Instrument). Meanwhile, the children answered a self-administered HRQOL questionnaire (Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory, PedsQL). Body weight and height were measured to obtain the body mass index (BMI). Results: About 48.8% of the adolescents were from households with food insecurity. The number of school-going siblings, occupation status of mother, occupation status of father, household income and house ownership status were predictors of food security status (p<0.05). After controlling for covariates, the HRQOL score and BMI were higher in adolescents from food-secure households than adolescents from foodinsecure households (p<0.01). Conclusion: The prevalence of food insecurity was high and multifactorial. Food insecurity was further associated with HRQOL and BMI. Food assistance programmes are recommended to directly alleviate food insecurity. Concurrently, monetary and educational aids are advocated to reduce the economic burden, especially in low-income households.

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“…Studies of food expenditures have been conducted by some scholars, but the majority focuses on the composition of food consumed and its relationship with income [22,23], economic growth [24,25], as well as urbanization [5,[26][27][28][29][30][31][32]. In addition, other studies showed the relationship between food consumption composition with poverty [33][34][35] and unemployment [36][37][38][39][40] showing that both issues limit people's ability to consume more various and healthier food. It should be of concern that currently, the connection among regions has been increased extensively; thus, the flow of goods and people, including food products, has become more intense.…”

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Spatial Analysis of Socio-Economic Driving Factors of Food Expenditure Variation between Provinces in Indonesia

2020

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Food security has become one of the global challenges; therefore, monitoring food consumption is required. As food consumption is a resultant of food availability at an affordable price, food expenditure actually is a key indicator to assess food security policy. Particularly, the link of food expenditure with socio-economic factors based on the perspective of spatial connectivity should be understood as nowadays food supply and demand between regions are increasingly connected. This study aims to define socio-economic driving factors of food expenditure that considering spatial connectivity between provinces in Indonesia. Data of household food expenditure and socio-economic factors by province including urbanization level, economic growth, gross domestic regional product (GDRP) per capita, poverty severity index, and unemployment rate were used. The preliminary test on the spatial correlation of food expenditure showed a significant result; thus, a spatial regression approach was employed. The results showed that declining food expenditure did not simply indicate increasing prosperity. Larger income disparity among the poor has become crucial to detect lower food expenditure caused by a lack of income. In addition, the increasing unemployment rate was followed by increasing food expenditure. Despite economic growth, increasing GDRP per capita and urbanization contributing to declining food expenditure, both poverty and unemployment are the main issues that threaten household's ability to afford food. Furthermore, the effect of food expenditure in the neighboring region is also significant, but it shows a contradictory relationship as food expenditure in a region is decreasing when food expenditure in its neighbors is increasing, and vice versa. Therefore, reducing disparities in economic growth, GDRP per capita, urbanization, poverty, and unemployment rate between provinces is also crucial to support more equal food expenditure as well as to achieve the second goal of SDG's (Sustainable Development Goals) in improving food security.

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Unemployment and Food Insecurity in Urban Ethiopia

Cited by 47 publications

References 32 publications

Household food security and the COVID‐19 pandemic in Nigeria

Household food security and the COVID‐19 pandemic in Nigeria

Demographic factors, food security, health-related quality of life and body weight status of adolescents in rural area in Mentakab, Pahang, Malaysia

Spatial Analysis of Socio-Economic Driving Factors of Food Expenditure Variation between Provinces in Indonesia

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