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Table 1 Characteristics of included studies to estimate the pooled prevalence among female-headed households in Ethiopia from 2007 up to 2017

From: The impact of being of the female gender for household head on the prevalence of food insecurity in Ethiopia: a systematic-review and meta-analysis

Region

Author

Year

Study setting

Study design

Sample size

Type of literature

Quality score

Prevalence (95% CI)

Amhara

Motbainor et al. [24]

2016

community

Cross sectional

291

Article

8

55.67 (49.96, 61.38)

Amhara

Alem [22]

2016

Community

Cross sectional

49

Gray

6

77.55 (65.87, 89.23)

Amhara

Epherm [25]

2008

Community

Cross sectional

17

Gray

5

76.47 (56.31, 96.63)

Amhara

Motbainor et al. [24]

2016

community

Cross sectional

277

Article

8

66.43 (60.86, 71.99)

Amhara

Endale et al. [26]

2014

Community

Cross sectional

115

Article

8

92.17 (87.27, 97.08)

Oromia

Mequanent and Esubalew [28]

2015

Community

Cross sectional

23

Article

5

69.57 (50.76, 88.37)

Oromia

Beyene and Muche [23]

2010

Community

Cross sectional

24

Article

5

66.67 (47.83, 85.53)

Oromia

Mitiku et al. [29]

2012

Community

Cross sectional

27

Article

5

40.74 (22.21,59.27)

Oromia

Mequanent et al. [27]

2014

Community

Cross sectional

3

Article

5

66.67 (46.50, 86.83)

Tigray

Eyob [30]

2012

Community

Cross sectional

581

Gray

8

32.19 (28.39, 35.98)

Tigray

Tsegay [31]

2009

Community

Cross sectional

251

Gray

8

49.00 (42.82, 55.19)

SNNP

Shone et al. [32]

2017

Community

Cross sectional

143

Article

8

81.82 (75.50, 88.14)

SNNP

Leza and Kuma [34]

2015

Community

Cross sectional

100

Article

6

76.00 (67.63, 84.37)

SNNP

Tantu et al. [33]

2017

Community

Cross sectional

121

Article

7

65.29 (56.81, 73.77)

SNNP

Fikire and Bekele [36]

2014

Community

Cross sectional

41

Gray

5

75.61 (62.46, 88.75)

SNNP

Negussie and Alemayehu [35]

2013

Community

Cross sectional

21

Article

5

66.67 (46.50, 86.83)