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Table 2 Factors associated with food insecurity by logistic regression in American Indian families with young children for all households and by rural and urban households

From: Household food insecurity and dietary patterns in rural and urban American Indian families with young children

 

All (n = 450)

 

Rural (n = 240)

 

Urban (n = 210)

 
 

OR (95% CI)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

OR (95% CI)

p-value

Ethnicity (vs. white)

 American Indian

2.41 (1.12–5.19)

<0.05

2.14 (0.84–5.45)

0.11

2.63 (0.64–10.70)

0.18

 Hispanica

2.26 (0.66–7.71)

0.20

  

1.84 (0.35–9.61)

0.47

 Other

2.16 (0.44–10.61)

0.34

2.98 (0.18–48.50)

0.44

1.92 (0.20–18.28)

0.57

Urban (yes)

4.78 (2.94–7.77)

<0.001

    

Adult Age

0.98 (0.95–1.003)

0.09

0.98 (0.95–1.01)

0.22

0.97 (0.93–1.01)

0.20

Education (vs. No College)

 Some College

0.77 (0.47–1.25)

0.29

0.97 (0.51–1.84)

0.93

0.53 (0.23–1.25)

0.15

 College degree +

0.31 (0.14–0.71)

<0.01

0.17 (0.03–0.85)

<0.05

0.35 (0.10–1.18)

0.09

Single adult household (yes)

1.68 (0.99–2.86)

0.05

2.72 (1.36–5.48)

<0.01

0.82 (0.35–1.88)

0.63

Number of children

1.03 (0.87–1.21)

0.76

0.92 (0.75–1.14)

0.46

1.43 (1.02–2.01)

<0.05

Work outside home (yes)

0.71 (0.45–1.13)

0.15

0.46 (0.25–0.86)

<0.05

1.33 (0.63–2.82)

0.46

WIC participation (yes)

1.89 (1.07–3.33)

<0.05

1.83 (0.83–4.03)

0.13

1.54 (0.62–3.84)

0.36

Distance to store

  

1.00 (0.99–1.01)

0.77

0.96 (0.92–0.99)

<0.05

  1. OR odds ratio, CI confidence interval, WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children. aThere were insufficient numbers of Hispanic participants from the rural households to include this category