Abstract

Abstract Household food insecurity is an important issue because of its negative impact on children’s health and nutrition. This study aimed to analyze the effect of work ing status and family structure on food insecurity in households with children. The data used comes from the 2018 National Socio-Economic Survey. The analysis was carried out separately for poor and non-poor households using binary logistic regression. The results showed that households with heads in part-time work and those with unemployed heads were more likely to be food insecure than households with heads in full-time work in both households, w hereas households with heads not in labor force we re significantly more likely to be food insecure only in the poor households. In the poor households, single-male headed households were more likely to be food insecure than single-female headed households while in the non-poor households, the opposite occurred. Providing education about the importance nutrition and a balanced diet needs to be done in households with children.

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