House ownership, frequency of illness, fathers’ education: the most significant socio-demographic determinants of poor nutritional status in adolescent girls from low income households of Lahore, Pakistan

Table 4 Food Security and Gender Equality

Variable	Level	Frequency	Percentage	Fisher Exact value	P- value
Food bought not lasting	Yes	81	72.3	1.136	.209
Food bought not lasting	No	31	27.7		.209
Frequency of food shortage	Every month	38	33.9	.050	.690
	Some months	42	37.5
	Never	32	28.6
Who is served meals first in the family	Father	83	74.1	-	-
	Mother	16	14.3
	Brother	10	8.9
	Sister	1	.9
	You	2	1.8
Are you served the same food as your brothers	Yes	106	94.6	.000	.694
Are you served the same food as your brothers	No	6	5.4		.694
Is food saved for you if you skip meals	Yes	89	79.5	.415	.465
	No	21	18.8
	Doesn’t go out	1	.9
	sometimes but not always	1	.9

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