Food insecurity, school absenteeism and educational attainment of adolescents in Jimma Zone Southwest Ethiopia: a longitudinal study

Table 2 Predictors of school absenteeism in adolescents in Southwest Ethiopia

Predictors of school absenteeism	β	AOR^a [95% CI^b]	P
Adolescent food insecurity
Food insecure	0.57	1.77[1.34-2.33]	< 0.001
Food secure [reference]		1.00
Illness within the last one month before the survey
Yes	0.82	2.26[1.68-3.06]	< 0.001
No [reference]		1.00
Severe household food insecurity
Yes	0.48	1.62[1.27-2.06]	< 0.001
No [reference]		1.00
The highest grade the adolescent aspires to complete	-0.08	0.92[0.88-0.96]	< 0.001
Number days in a week the adolescent has to work for least 1 hour	0.15	1.16[1.07-1.26]	< 0.001

^†"Semi-urban" refers to small towns including Yebbu, Serbo and Dedo and "urban" refers to Jimma city.
Parameter estimates are adjusted for place of residence, gender of the adolescent, gender of the household head and the tabulated variables.
^aAdjusted odds ratios as obtained from a multivariable logistic regression model.
^bConfidence intervals, as obtained from a multivariable logistic regression model.

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