Prevalence and determinants of food insecurity among pregnant women in Nigeria: A multilevel mixed effects analysis.

ABSTRACT: Food insecurity (FI) remains a key priority for sustainable development. Despite the well-known consequences of food insecurity on health and well-being, evidence regarding the burden and determinants of FI among pregnant women in Nigeria is limited. Framed by the social-ecological model, this study aimed to determine the prevalence of FI, and its associations with individual-/household-level and contextual-level factors among pregnant women in Nigeria. A cross-sectional study based on the Nigerian Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (2021 Nigerian MICS6) was conducted among a sample of 3519 pregnant women aged 15-49 years. Several weighted multilevel multinomial logistic regression models were fitted to assess the association between individual-/household-s level and community-level charact

SUBMITTER: Ujah OI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10584166 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature