Prevalence and socioeconomic and geographical inequalities of household food insecurity in the Paris region, France, 2010

Martin-Fernandez, Judith; Grillo, Francesca; Parizot, Isabelle; Caillavet, France; Chauvin, Pierre

doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-486

Table 1 Prevalence ^a of household food insecurity according to various demographics and socioeconomic and neighbourhood characteristics, Paris metropolitan area, 2010

From: Prevalence and socioeconomic and geographical inequalities of household food insecurity in the Paris region, France, 2010

		Low FS			Very low FS			Total food insecurity
	Weighted population^a	Prevalence^a	95% CI^a	p	Prevalence^a	95% CI^a	p	Prevalence^a	95% CI^a	p
Total population	3006	3.90%	[3.07-4.87]		2.40%	[1.65-3.61]		6.30%	[4.99-7.96]
Household (HH) type
Single-person HH	572	3.16%	[1.95-5.08]	<0.001	2.42%	[1.46-3.98]	<0.001	5.58%	[4.03-7.67]	<0.001
Single-family HH	1972	2.56%	[1.76-3.72]		1.61%	[0.87-2.98]		4.17%	[2.81-6.16]
Two-or-more family HH	75	13.62%	[5.86-28.54]		8.85%	[4.18-17.80]		21.47%	[12.73-36.55]
Single-parent family	279	12.15%	[8.28-17.47]		4.97%	[3.03-8.04]		17.11%	[12.76-22.57]
Unrelated-persons HH	163	2.97%	[0.63-12.89]		5.05%	[1.49-15.80]		8.02%	[3.12-19.12]
Number of children^bin the HH
None	1867	2.89%	[2.01-4.16]	<0.001	1.82%	[1.18-2.83]	0.006	4.71%	[3.58-6.23]	<0.001
1 or 2	892	5.16%	[3.60-7.21]		3.03%	[1.70-5.28]		8.18%	[5.70-11.44]
3 or more	247	6.71%	[4.10-10.82]		5.06%	[2.43-10.23]		11.77%	[7.49-18.03]
HH head's gender
Male	2286	3.46%	[2.62-4.54]	0.046	2.27%	[1.44-3.62]	0.332	5.73%	[4.26-7.70]	0.022
Female	719	5.15%	[3.66-7.31]		2.92%	[1.87-4.61]		8.07%	[6.23-10.56]
HH head’s age
18-29	314	6.43%	[3.63-11.14]	0.02	4.87%	[2.16-10.62]	<0.001	11.30%	[7.24-17.20]	<0.001
30-59	1872	3.88%	[2.89-05.20]		2.90%	[1.83-4.56]		6.78%	[5.15-8.88]
60 or over	820	2.85%	[1.71-04.71]		0.50%	[0.21-1.19]		3.34%	[2.08-5.34]
HH head's socio-occupational category
Never worked	87	3.87%	[0.58-21.66]	<0.001	3.40%	[1.00-10.96]	<0.001	7.27%	[2.39-20.08]	<0.001
Upper white-collar	1066	1.29%	[0.58-2.84]		0.56%	[0.12-2.58]		1.85%	[0.93-3.66]
Tradespeople/ salespersons	209	2.79%	[0.81-9.21]		1.42%	[0.41-4.79]		4.21%	[1.71-9.97]
Intermediate white-collar	360	3.52%	[1.67-7.28]		2.15%	[0.93-4.92]		5.67%	[3.30-9.58]
Lower white-collar	893	6.10%	[4.55-8.14]		4.94%	[3.17-7.61]		11.04%	[8.70-13.91]
Blue-collar	335	6.93%	[4.44-10.65]		2.74%	[1.46-5.07]		9.67%	[6.65-13.84]
HH head's education level
Tertiary	1580	2.59%	[1.57-4.29]	<0.001	1.33%	[0.71-2.40]	<0.001	3.92%	[2.69-5.67]	<0.001
Secondary	1053	4.56%	[3.50-5.86]		3.70%	[2.35-5.75]		8.26%	[6.41-10.51]
None or primary	352	7.69%	[4.75-12.38]		3.70%	[1.99-7.19]		11.40%	[7.37-17.66]
HH monthly income (€/CU^c)
>1666	2211	2.00%	[1.25-3.16]	<0.001	0.90%	[0.45-1.55]	<0.001	2.85%	[1.87-4.28]	<0.001
[791–1166]	439	6.60%	[4.57-9.32]		3.40%	[1.99-5.57]		10.00%	[7.40-13.12]
<791 (poverty threshold)	356	12.10%	[8.68-16.89]		11.30%	[7.27-17.29]		23.38%	[17.57-30.81]
Source of income
Welfare benefits	235	17.63%	[12.58-24.15]	<0.001	9.33%	[5.72-14.87]	<0.001	26.96%	[20.91-34.00]	<0.001
Other	2738	2.74%	[2.04-3.66]		1.84%	[1.22-2.77]		4.58%	[3.52-5.93]
Resident of social housing
No	2244	2.53%	[1.73-3.66]	<0.001	1.47%	[0.86-2.49]	<0.001	3.99%	[2.86-5.55]	<0.001
Yes	762	7.82%	[6.06-10.03]		5.33%	[3.58-7.87]		13.15%	[10.19-16.80]
Neighbourhood socioeconomic status
Underprivileged	448	8.91%	[6.61-11.70]	<0.001	4.68%	[2.56-8.45]	<0.001	13.59%	[9.25-19.29]	<0.001
Working-class	489	6.35%	[4.66-8.61]		2.05%	[0.96-4.56]		8.40%	[5.55-12.62]
Middle- or upper-class	2069	2.22%	[1.35-3.61]		2.03%	[1.14-3.64]		4.25%	[2.86-6.30]

^aWeighted.
^bUnder 18 years old.
^cConsumption unit.

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