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

Sharkey, Joseph R; Dean, Wesley R; Johnson, Cassandra M

doi:10.1186/1475-9276-10-19

International Journal for Equity in Health

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

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

	*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

¹ Odds ratio
² Referent group: participants who did not provide income data (n = 155)
³ Referent group: spouse or partner employed full-time
⁴ SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly Food Stamp Program) Statistically significant: *p≤0.05** p≤0.01***p≤0.001

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