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Table 2 Description of Participants' Demographic and Health Characteristics by Food Security Status

From: Association of Household and Community Characteristics with Adult and Child Food Insecurity among Mexican-Origin Households in Colonias along the Texas-Mexico Border

 

All

(n= 610)

Food

Secure

(n= 135)

Household

Insecure

(n= 74)

Adult

Insecure

(n= 102)

Child

Insecure

(n= 299)

Demographic characteristics

     

   Age1

39.9 ± 14.4

38.6 ± 13.8

36.9 ± 13.0

43.9 ± 18.4

39.8 ± 13.1

 

(37)

(36)

(35.5)

(40)

(38)

   Race/ethnicity

     

Mexican

61.8

48.1

55.4

64.7

68.6***†

Mexican American

27.5

37.0

20.3

26.5

25.4*

   Marital status

     

Married

60.0

58.5

63.5

51.0

62.9

   Country of birth

     

Mexico

67.7

51.1

60.8

73.5

74.9***†

   Education2

     

<7th grade

31.8

20.6

22.2

35.0

38.2***†

7th-11th grade

32.8

29.8

38.9

40.2

30.2

High school graduate

35.4

49.6

38.9

24.7

31.6***†

   Household composition1

     

Adults

1.9 ± 0.7

1.9 ± 0.6

1.9 ± 0.6

1.7 ± 0.6

2.0 ± 0.7*

 

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Children3

2.5 ± 1.4

2.2 ± 1.3

2.4 ± 1.3

2.7 ± 2.2

2.6 ± 1.3**

 

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

(2)

Total

3.9 ± 1.8

3.7 ± 1.7

4.1 ± 1.6

3.1 ± 2.3

4.3 ± 1.7***†

 

(4)

(4)

(4)

(2)

(4)

   Single parent household3

14.7

15.6

13.6

18.0

13.9

   Poverty status4

     

Income data not

25.4

24.4

28.4

19.6

27.1

reported

     

≤ 75% FPL

63.9

50.4

62.2

66.7

69.6***†

76%-100% FPL

8.4

19.3

6.8

10.8

3.0***†

>100% FPL

2.3

5.9

2.7

2.9

0.3***†

   Employment status

     

Female

     

Unemployed

51.5

48.9

71.6

58.8

45.1

Part-time

22.0

18.5

12.2

18.6

27.1

Full-time

26.6

32.6

16.2

22.5

27.8**

Male

     

Unemployed

60.0

49.6

39.2

71.6

65.9***†

Part-time

14.3

8.1

27.0

18.6

12.4

Full-time

25.7

42.2

33.8

9.8

21.7***†

   Food assistance program

     

SNAP

55.1

45.2

74.3

52.9

55.5

Days SNAP benefits

20.1 ± 8.0

22.8 ± 8.1

21.0 ± 7.6

19.8 ± 8.9

18.8 ± 7.6***†

last5

(21)

(21)

(21)

(21)

(21)

WIC3

42.8

35.8

57.6

50.0

40.5

School breakfast3

53.9

68.8

69.7

42.0

45.9***†

School lunch3

54.1

68.8

69.7

42.0

46.3***†

Health characteristics

     

   Diabetes

24.6

26.7

18.9

25.5

24.7

   Body mass index (kg/m2)6

     

Normal (<25)

30.3

40.2

26.0

32.3

26.4**

Overweight (25-29.9)

35.0

31.5

37.0

33.3

36.6

Obese (≥ 30)

34.7

28.3

37.0

34.3

36.9

  1. 1 Data presented as mean ± SD (median)
  2. 2 Education data provided by 588 participants
  3. 3 Data based on 484 households with children residing in the household
  4. 4 Household income data provided by 455 participants
  5. 5 Mean ± SD (median) based on those who received SNAP benefits
  6. 6 Height and weight data provided by 594 participants
  7. Statistical significance in trend across categories of increasing food insecurity: *p≤0.05 **p≤0.01 ***p≤0.001
  8. † Statistically significant after Bonferroni adjustment for multiple comparisons p ≤ 0.002