Adolescent Food Insecurity and Mental Health Survey in Eastern Ethiopia

Survey data from 3,326 adolescents in the Harari Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia, collected via a school-based cross-sectional study. The dataset includes measurements of adolescent-level food insecurity, common mental disorders, health-related quality of life, self-esteem, and substance use, analyzed using structural equation modeling. It was authored by Kasiye Shiferaw and last updated in May 2026.

Use Cases

• Modeling the relationship between food insecurity and mental disorders based on validated scale scores.
• Investigating protective factors like urban residency and self-esteem against common mental disorders.
• Analyzing the co-occurrence of substance use and financial difficulties with mental health symptoms.

Strengths

• Data collection used validated scales (HFIAS, KIDSCREEN-10, Rosenberg Scale, SDQ-25) and a structured questionnaire.
• Rigorous quality control was implemented, including double data entry and daily completeness checks.
• Analysis includes a structural equation model with a reported good fit (RMSEA=0.03, CFI=0.90).

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data reflects a specific geographic and temporal context (Eastern Ethiopia, single cross-sectional study).

Provenance

Source

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Collection Method

School-based cross-sectional study using a multistage sampling strategy and guided self-administration of questionnaires.

Time Range

The study period is not specified in the provided metadata.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-07 17:30:33; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Harari Regional State, Eastern Ethiopia.