Table 4 The Influence of Demographic Characteristics, Food Store Access, Perceived Quality of Community Food Environment, Alternative Food Sources, and Eating Behaviors on Food Security, Using Multinomial Logit Estimates for Household, Adult, and Child Food Insecure as Compared to Food Secure for Participants
| Household | Adult | Child | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Food Insecure | Food Insecure | Food Insecure | ||||
| Independent Variables | Coefficient | OR1 | Coefficient | OR1 | Coefficient | OR1 |
| (SE) | (SE) | (SE) | ||||
| Demographic characteristics | ||||||
| Nativity (Mexico-born) | 0.102 | 1.11 | 0.931** | 2.54 | 0.758** | 2.13 |
| (0.339) | (0.337) | (0.258) | ||||
| Household composition | -0.072 | 0.93 | -0.179 | 0.84 | 0.244** | 1.28 |
| (0.119) | (0.118) | (0.086) | ||||
| Household income2 | ||||||
| ≤75% FPL | 0.245 | 1.28 | 0.796* | 2.22 | 0.341 | 1.41 |
| (0.385) | (0.377) | (0.288) | ||||
| 76%-100% FPL | -0.321 | 0.72 | 0.139 | 1.15 | -1.240** | 0.29 |
| (0.626) | (0.553) | (0.500) | ||||
| >100% FPL | -0.033 | 0.97 | -0.221 | 0.80 | -2.275* | 0.10 |
| (0.976) | (0.843) | (1.113) | ||||
| Employment status3 | ||||||
| Spouse or partner | -0.090 | 0.91 | 1.497*** | 4.47 | 1.374*** | 3.95 |
| unemployed | (0.379) | (0.437) | (0.289) | |||
| Spouse or partner | 1.414** | 4.11 | 2.328*** | 10.26 | 1.055** | 2.87 |
| employed part-time | (0.482) | (0.545) | (0.423) | |||
| Food assistance programs | ||||||
| SNAP participant4 | 1.085** | 2.96 | 0.588 | 1.80 | -0.012 | 0.99 |
| (0.363) | (0.324) | (0.255) | ||||
| School lunch program | 0.025 | 1.03 | -1.566*** | 0.21 | -0.764** | 0.47 |
| (0.361) | (0.365) | (0.269) | ||||
| Food store access | ||||||
| Distance to store where | 0.073 | 1.08 | 0.177** | 1.19 | 0.089 | 1.09 |
| most groceries are purchased | (0.070) | (0.059) | (0.047) | |||
| Quality of food environment | ||||||
| Little variety in types of | 0.952 | 2.59 | 0.682 | 1.98 | 1.200** | 3.32 |
| foods in community | (0.561) | (0.540) | (0.416) | |||
| Fruits and vegetables | -0.005 | 0.99 | 0.710 | 2.03 | 1.109** | 3.03 |
| not fresh where shop | (0.625) | (0.581) | (0.473) | |||
| Fruits and vegetables | 1.219*** | 3.38 | 0.802* | 2.23 | 0.364 | 1.44 |
| expensive where shop | (0.362) | (0.351) | (0.295) | |||
| Alternative food sources | ||||||
| Purchase prepared food | -0.425 | 0.65 | -1.065** | 0.34 | -1.094*** | 0.33 |
| from neighbor or friend | (0.386) | (0.383) | (0.283) | |||
| Eating behaviors | ||||||
| Weekly frequency of | -0.395* | 0.67 | -0.055 | 0.95 | 0.024 | 1.02 |
| fast-food meals | (0.179) | (0.140) | (0.111) | |||
|
(N = 610) χ2 (df = 45) = 279.76 Pseudo R2 = 0.185 | ||||||
