Assessment of female-headed household's food security and the affecting factors; Case Study: Women in Razan City

Female heads of households are responsible for the material and spiritual needs of the families because of a deceased، missing، separated، divorced، addicted، disabled (permanent or temporary)، imprisonment، ill or military deployed male head of households. Survey research was employed in the study. The target population includes rural women heads of households Razan city. Following Cochran’s formula، a sample of 92 participants was randomly selected. After an extensive literature review، a standardized questionnaire for measure of household food insecurity was used. The questionnaire reliability which is estimated by Cronbach’s Alpha was 89. 5. Findings of research indicated that food security for 25 percent of women in over and 75 percent of them are different degrees of food insecurity. So food security have significant relationship with factors such as education، the number of children under 18 years old، supervisory status، and home ownership.