Chapter 12 Socio-Cultural Dimensions of Socio-Economic Inequality in Household Food Security in Nepal

The chapter examines the association between socio inequalities and food security in Nepal. Specifically, we investigate the associations between caste/ethnicity and household wealth status on household-level food security, after controlling for several other demographic, geographic, and other factors. For this purpose, we used nationally representative data from the 2011 Nepal Demographic Health Surveys (NDHS 2011). Results from multilevel regression (binary logistic and OLS regressions) show that various household livelihood capitals are important in shaping household food security status of a household. These findings provide an implication in implementing “rights for food” as mandated by the Article 36 of the Constitution of Nepal.