The Nexus between Youth Unemployment and Food Insecurity Evidences from Addis Ababa: Nifas Silk Lafeto Sub-City Woreda 09
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2021-09
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Addis Ababa University
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Food insecurity is defined as the lack of capability to produce food and to have access by all
people at all times to enough food for an active and healthy life. The objective of this study was
the Nexus between Youth Unemployment and Food Insecurity Evidences from Nifas Silk Lafeto
Sub-City Woreda 09. A sample of 118 Youths were included. The respondents were interviewed
with the use of a structured questionnaire to obtain information on their demographic,
socioeconomic characteristics and dietary intake. Age, Number of dependent, Income, Job
preferences, Employment status and marital status are significant predictor cause food
insecurity and have stronger correlation. 35.3% of the households were categorized as food
secure, 28.4% as mildly food insecure, 27.5% as moderately food insecure and 8.8% as severely
food insecure based on the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS) and the Household
Dietary Diversity Scale (HDDS) results shows the majority of them eaten low protein diets
92.3%, 63.39%, 80.34%, 94.09%, 95.76%, 73.73%, and 90.58% cereals, potato, vegetable,
bean/peas/, oil, sugar and coffee were consumed more in the past 24 hours of the study. Youths
with food shortages were forced to use a range of coping strategies, mainly consumption-related
mechanisms that include purchasing food on credit, reduce portion and skipped meals, shopping
in cheap shops for cheap foods, informal support experiences friends and family and dietary
change. It is recommended that efforts to improve socio-economic status of the youth by
enhancing the food insecurity of the households in the city need to be focused. It promotes the
employability of young people through a system of participation, where you can find a large
labor supply and training courses for work, so that young people achieve the country's
development articulated in better condition. More studies based on food insecurity problem
should be carried out to generate more information in addressing youth food insecurity among
different gender groups in Nifas Silk Lafeto Sub-City Woreda 09
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Youth, Unemployment, Food Insecurity, Nifas Silk Lafeto Sub-City Woreda 09