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Title:Unemployment and food insecurity in urban Ethiopia
Authors:Etana, Dula
Tolossa, DegefaISNI
Year:2017
Periodical:African Development Review (ISSN 1467-8268)
Volume:29
Issue:1
Pages:56-68
Language:English
Geographic term:Ethiopia
Subjects:unemployment
food security
External link:https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8268.12238
Abstract:Although unemployment is often associated with food insecurity, the paths through which it leads to food insecurity is less explored. This study investigates the effects of unemployment on food insecurity based on data collected from 410 randomly selected households in Addis Ababa and the Munessa district of Arsi Zone. Binary logistic regression was used to analyze the data. The results show that 55.9 percent of the respondents were unemployed and only 12.4 percent of the households were food secure. The prevalence of food insecurity was higher among households headed by unemployed persons. Education and economic factors are the mechanisms through which unemployment leads to food insecurity. Lack of education reduces the chance of employment and the quality of jobs engaged in whilst the economic path to food insecurity is partly related to the inability of poor households to cope with soaring food prices and seasonal unemployment. Thus, increasing employment opportunities through pro-poor measures is a means to enhance human capital development that helps the people take advantage of the labour market and improve the economic status of households, ultimately leading to ensuring food security. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract]
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