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Table 1 Study population characteristics

From: Association between food insecurity and access to a mental health professional: cross-sectional analysis of NHANES 2007–2014

 

N = 19,789 (Weighted N = 608,437,356)

Weighted %

Age

Mean = 47.5 (SD = 16.8)

 

Gender

Female

50.7

Male

49.3

Race/ethnicity

Non-Hispanic, White

69.0

Non-Hispanic, Black

11.0

Hispanic

13.5

Other

6.6

Marital status

Married

55.6

Widowed

5.6

Divorced

10.7

Separated

2.3

Never married

18.4

Living with partner

7.4

Adult education level

< High school

16.8

High school graduate

22.5

>High school

60.7

Household Income-to-poverty ratio

Mean = 3.0 (SD = 1.7)

 

Born outside the US

Yes

16.4

Insurance

Private

49.9

Medicare

13.7

Public, not Medicare

17.2

None

19.2

Smoking

Never

54.7

Current

20.7

Former

24.6

SNAP

Yes

20.6

WIC

Yes, received in last 12 months

6.5

Emergency food (food pantry, soup kitchen)

Yes

7.1

Diabetes

Yes

12.6

Dyslipidemia

Yes

55.5

Hypertension

Yes

38.0

Cardiovascular Disease

Yes

7.7

MDD

Yes

8.1

Food insecurity

Yes

13.9

MHP

Yes

7.9

  1. SD standard deviation, SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, WIC The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program of Women, Infants, and Children, MDD Major Depressive Disorder, MHP mental health provider