Gender bias in the food insecurity experience of Ethiopian adolescents

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 427-438

  Hadley, Craig ^a   Lindstrom, David ^b   Tessema, Fasil ^c   Belachew, Tefara ^c  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Africa; Discrimination; Ethiopia; Food security; Gender; Intra household; Nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENCE; DEVELOPING WORLD; FOOD SECURITY; GENDER; HOUSEHOLD STRUCTURE; NUTRITION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; ETHIOPIA; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; FOOD INSECURITY; FOOD SECURITY; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SELF REPORT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; WELLBEING;

ADOLESCENT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; ENERGY INTAKE; ETHIOPIA; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SUPPLY; GENDER IDENTITY; HUMANS; HUNGER; MALE; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POVERTY; POVERTY AREAS; PREJUDICE; SEX FACTORS;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICA; ETHIOPIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 36849033821     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.08.025     Document Type: Article

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