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Table 2 Frequency of food security status by predictor variables (106 Latino fathers and mothers)

From: Differences in reporting food insecurity and factors associated with differences among Latino fathers and mothers

Predictor variables

 

Fathers

Mothers

Food secure (n = 65) n (%)

Food insecure (n = 41) n (%)

p

Food secure (n = 48) n (%)

Food insecure (n = 58) n (%)

p

Age

Younger

24 (37)

16 (39)

1.00

24 (50)

25 (43)

0.56

Older

40 (62)

25 (60)

 

24 (50)

33 (56)

 

Educational attainment

< High school

20 (31)

16 (39)

0.53

19 (39)

19 (33)

0.68

≥ High school

44 (68)

25 (60)

 

29 (60)

37 (66)

 

Employment status

Full-time

59 (90)

31 (83)

0.35

24 (51)

22 (40)

0.32

Not full-time

6 (9)

6 (16)

 

23 (48)

33 (60)

 

Household income

< $25,000

17 (28)

24 (60)

< 0.01

17 (40)

24 (48)

0.53

≥ $25,000

43 (71)

16 (40)

 

25 (59)

25 (51)

 

Acculturation score group

Low

26 (26)

16 (25)

0.86

33 (33)

38 (79)

0.37

Middle

25 (25)

19 (30)

 

9 (9)

14 (29)

 

High

11 (11)

6 (9)

 

6 (6)

3 (6)

 

Current participation in food assistance programsa

Never

42 (64)

17 (41)

0.03

25 (52)

25 (44)

0.56

≥ 1 time

23 (35)

24 (58)

 

23 (47)

31 (55)

 

Ever participated in nutrition educationb

Never

32 (49)

13 (33)

0.15

16 (34)

13 (23)

0.27

≥ 1 time

33 (50)

26 (66)

 

30 (65)

43 (76)

 

Home food availabilityc

Lower availability

27 (42)

21 (56)

0.22

12 (26)

20 (36)

0.29

Higher availability

37 (57)

16 (43)

 

34 (73)

35 (63)

 

Home FV availability

Lower availability

27 (41)

18 (46)

0.69

15 (31)

36 (64)

< 0.01

Higher availability

38 (58)

21 (53)

 

33 (68)

20 (35)

 

Home FV accessibility

Lower accessibility

20 (31)

12 (30)

1.00

12 (26)

23 (40)

0.15

Higher accessibility

43 (68)

27 (69)

 

34 (73)

34 (59)

 

Neighborhood safety

Safe

34 (53)

10 (26)

0.01

27 (56)

18 (31)

0.02

Unsafe

29 (46)

28 (73)

 

21 (43)

39 (68)

 

Family stress

Less stress

35 (54)

16 (39)

0.16

25 (52)

16 (28)

0.02

More stress

29 (45)

25 (60)

 

23 (47)

41 (71)

 
  1. p-value derived by Fisher’s exact test
  2. a WIC, SNAP-Ed, free or reduced-price meals at school, and the Minnesota Family Investment Program; b SNAP-Ed, EFNEP, WIC, and Cooking Matters; c Food included fruits, vegetables, junk foods, soda pop, sweets, and potato chips
  3. FV fruit and vegetable, WIC Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants & Children, SNAP-Ed Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program-Education, EFNEP Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program
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