Table 7 Adjusted odds ratio for food shortage in household by background characteristics, Dhanbad, India, 2015 (N = 416)

Village type

 Villages not affected by mining activity^®

 Villages affected by mining activity

0.637*

[0.376

1.08]

Sex of household head

 Male^®

 Female

3.893***

[1.495

10.141]

Age of household head

 21–34 years^®

 35–54 years

0.563*

[0.293

1.081]

 55 or more years

0.898

[0.388

2.077]

BPL card possession

 No^®

 Yes

5.334***

[2.809

10.128]

Membership of any socio/political organization

 No^®

 Yes

0.262***

[0.143

0.482]

Any chronic disease patient in household

 No^®

 Yes

0.599*

[0.350

1.025]

MNREGA card possession

 No^®

 Yes

2.372***

[1.382

4.074]

Working status of head of household

 Not working^®

 Salaried/business

1.48

[0.641

3.416]

 Agriculture and wage labour

2.598**

[1.167

5.783]

Farmland

 No land^®

 Less than 2 acres

0.769

[0.450

1.315]

 More than 2 acres

0.475*

[0.218

1.031]

Percentage of household expenditure on food

 < 50: Low^®

 50–65: Medium

1.248

[0.646

2.410]

 65–75: High

2.366**

[1.148

4.874]

 75 +: Very high

2.872***

[1.477

5.586]

Log likelihood

− 217.068