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International Journal of
Population Studies Household food insecurity in urban areas

2017). Membership in a savings association, accompanied food insecurity in the Lideta subcity of Addis Ababa. Its
by a sufficient account balance, implies the presence of objective is to discern the underlying factors contributing
surplus funds that can be allocated to alleviate household to urban household food insecurity through the
food insecurity. Alternatively, access to credit facilitates implementation of the logistic regression model. The
the household’s participation in ventures aimed at findings of the regression model revealed that seven out
generating income, thereby enhancing financial resilience of the eleven independent variables exhibit statistical
and purchasing power, ultimately mitigating the risks significance. It is worth noting that the magnitudes
associated with food insecurity (Ejigayhu & Edriss, 2012; and directions of the significant parameters varied, as
Sani & Kemaw, 2019). predicted by common expectations. When controlling

Similarly, households that participated in urban for all other confounding variables, it was observed that
productive safety net programs were found to be food sex, age, household dependency ratio, education level,
secure compared to those without access to such programs participation in the urban productive safety net program,
(p < 0.05). This finding is consistent with previous studies and access to savings and credit had a significant impact on
(Fan & Cho, 2021; Yibrah, 2014). The rationale behind household food insecurity in the sub-city. Therefore, it is
this phenomenon can be attributed to the fact that these anticipated that stakeholders will engage in collaborative
programs empower urban communities that grapple with efforts across diverse sectors, expanding urban
persistent issues related to food insecurity. Moreover, productive safety net initiatives, job creation endeavors,
these programs facilitate the establishment of assets and food market stabilization strategies, and initiatives aimed
the cultivation of resilience, ultimately contributing to the at strengthening women’s economic empowerment. The
realization of food self-sufficiency objectives (Welteji et al., overarching goal is to ensure that households within the
2017; Wondim, 2018). Lideta subcity have reliable access to food. These collective
The level of household food expenditure was also endeavors are expected to yield optimal outcomes in
found to be a significant determinant of household food ensuring that the population has consistent access to an
insecurity at p < 0.05, and this finding corroborates several adequate and diverse food supply. Continuous, long-term
previous studies (Habte et al., 2019; Phouvong, 2020; surveys and the use of standardized measurement tools,
Tadesse et al., 2017). This association can be attributed such as the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale,
to the diminished purchasing capacity of households in should be employed in future studies to establish causal
the low-income bracket, which impedes their ability to relationships among variables and discern the various
consistently and timely procure food provisions to cater levels of food insecurity. This is imperative in establishing
to their familial requirements. The occurrence of food a comprehensive understanding of the phenomenon
insecurity and poverty within urban households in the under investigation.
sub-city can be attributed to the escalation of food inflation
(Habte et al., 2019; Tariku & Ayana, 2022). Acknowledgments
4.3. Strengths and limitations We acknowledge the municipal government of Lideta
subcity, Addis Ababa, for providing us with the
The study findings have been substantiated by employing demographic data.
rigorous statistical analysis techniques and achieving high
response rates in the data collection process. Moreover, Funding
the use of a thoroughly validated structured questionnaire None.
has likely reduced the potential for instrumental and inter-
rater biases. However, it is essential to acknowledge that Conflict of interest
despite the extensive exploration of determinants of urban
household food insecurity and adjustments for potential The authors declare no conflict of interest.
confounding variables, the cross-sectional design of the
dataset limits our ability to establish definitive cause-and- Author contributions
effect relationships between the outcome and independent Conceptualization: Ephrem Tadesse Goda, Terefe Degefa
variables. Boshera
Formal analysis: Ephrem Tadesse Goda
5. Conclusion Methodology: Ephrem Tadesse Goda
The present study delineates the demographic and Writing – original draft: Ephrem Tadesse Goda
socioeconomic attributes of individuals experiencing Writing – review & editing: All authors

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