Table 2 Association between selected sociodemographic characteristics of

Table 2. Association between selected socio-demographic characteristics of household heads and household food security status Variable Marital status Single Married Divorced Widowed Socio-economic class Class 1 Class 2 Class 3 Class 4 Class 5 Household size 1 -4 5 -7 >7 Household income <50, 000 -100, 000 >100, 000 Total Food secure Without hunger Food insecure With moderate hunger With severe hunger 7(50. 0) 14(6. 9) 2(10. 5) 2(14. 3) 5(35. 7) 53(26. 2) 5(26. 3) 3(21. 4) 1(7. 15) 65(32. 2) 9(47. 4) 1(7. 15) 70(34. 7) 3(15. 8) 8(57. 2) 5(23. 8) 14(19. 2) 3(5. 3) 3(3. 9) 0(0. 0) 9(42. 9) 37(50. 7) 16(28. 1) 4(5. 3) 0(0. 0) 5(23. 8) 20(27. 4) 11(19. 3) 26(34. 2) 14(63. 6) 2(9. 5) 2(2. 7) 27(47. 3) 43(56. 6) 8(36. 4) 18(12. 9) 3(3. 4) 4(18. 2) 24 (17. 3) 33(37. 5) 9(40. 9) 51(36. 7) 24(27. 3) 1(4. 5) 46(33. 1) 28(31. 8) 8(36. 4) 10 (7. 3) 10 (10. 2) 5 (35. 7) 25(10. 1) 19 (13. 9) 42(42. 9) 5 (35. 7) 66(26. 5) 41(29. 9) 34(34. 7) 1(7. 2) 76(30. 5) 67 (48. 9) 12 (12. 2) 3 (21. 4) 82(32. 9) Test statistics; p value x 2=39. 2 p=0. 00* r= 0. 522 p=0. 000* x 2= 23. 7 p=0. 001* r= -0. 310 p= 0. 000* *=statistically significant (p<0. 05). Opara Dominica C et al. Household Food Security among Different Wealth Groups within Uyo Metropolis in Southern Nigeria. Journal of Food Security, 2019, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1 -7. doi: 10. 12691/jfs-7 -1 -1 © The Author(s) 2019. Published by Science and Education Publishing.