Does the female-headed household suffer more than the male-headed from Covid-19 impact on food security? Evidence from Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT: Covid-19 pandemic and accompanying policy measures affected women's economic and social lives differently from men. However, its effect on the food security situation of women and men remains unclear. This study investigated whether female-headed households suffer more from covid 19 impact on food security than male-headed households in Ethiopia using the World Bank High Frequency Phone Survey data. Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES) is applied to measure food insecurity and multilevel-mixed effect random intercept linear model is used to analyze the determinants. The survey data show that, during the pandemic in 2020, nearly 27% of households face moderate or severe food insecurity and close to 6% face severe food insecurity. Regression results revealed that the pandemic and accompan

SUBMITTER: Akalu LS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10041883 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature