Table 2 Subgroup analysis of the pooled prevalence of food insecurity among female-headed households in Ethiopia from 2007 up to 2017
Subgroup | Number of included studies | Prevalence (95% CI) | Heterogeneity statistics | p value | I2 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
By region | Amhara | 5 | 73.48 (57.42, 89.54) | 99.8 | < 0.001 | 96.0 |
Oromia | 4 | 59.48 (43.93, 75.02) | 5.65 | 0.130 | 46.9 | |
Tigray | 2 | 40.41 (23.93, 56.89) | 20.63 | < 0.001 | 95.2 | |
SNNP | 5 | 74.18 (67.13, 81.23) | 10.16 | 0.038 | 60.6 | |
By publication condition | Published | 11 | 68.93 (59.30, 78.56) | 123.06 | < 0.001 | 91.9 |
Unpublished | 5 | 61.12 (42.34, 79.90) | 102.42 | < 0.001 | 96.1 | |
By sampling method | Multi-stage | 13 | 70.87 (62.46, 79.29) | 123.15 | < 0.001 | 90.3 |
Survey | 3 | 47.07 (31.05, 63.10) | 29.99 | < 0.001 | 93.3 | |
By measurement tool | HFIAS | 5 | 72.35 (58.34, 86.36) | 109.31 | < 0.001 | 96.3 |
HHS | 11 | 62.82 (49.19, 76.46) | 171.83 | < 0.001 | 94.2 | |