The impact of drought on the association between food security and mental health in a nationally representative Australian sample

Table 4 Mean levels of psychological distress by measures of food insecurity, adjusted for confounding variables

Food insecurity		Mean score (SE)	Mean score difference (SE)	P-value
Missing meals	Yes	22.4 (0.6)	7.3 (0.6)	<0.001
Missing meals	No	15.1 (0.1)
Below-average consumption core food	Yes	15.5 (0.1)	0.4 (0.2)	0.009
Below-average consumption core food	No	15.0 (0.1)
Above-average consumption discretionary food	Yes	15.4 (0.1)	0.5 (0.2)	0.002
	No	14.9 (0.1)

Note: Results for this analysis are presented for the whole sample only as the rural–urban interaction was not significant.

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