Hardiani HARDİANİ, Junaidi JUNAİDİ, Purwaka Hari PRİHANTO

Food Security of Urban Female-headed Households: Case in Jambi Province, Indonesia

This paper aims to analyze food security of urban female-headed households (FHH) in Jambi Province, Indonesia and socio-economic factors affecting food security of urban FHH in Jambi Province. Primary data is raw data from the National Socioeconomic Survey (SUSENAS) Year 2016 in regencies/cities in Jambi Province. Food security of households is analyzed descriptively. Ordinal logistic regression model is used to analyze the socio-economic factors affecting food security of urban FHH. The results of the study found that there are 12.69 percent of FHH of the total urban households in Jambi Province with urban FHH categorized as food secure is 57.62 percent, as vulnerable is 13.33 percent, as questionable is 22.38 percent, and as food insecure is 6.67 percent. Socioeconomic factors that have significant effect on food security of FHH are age, education, and employment status of female head of household, number of household members, education level of household members, and household final consumption expenditure per capita.

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