Association of food insecurity with dietary patterns and expenditure on food, alcohol and tobacco amongst indigenous Inuit in Greenland: results from a population health survey

Table 5 Food insecurity according to job status and relative expense on alcohol and tobacco. Estimates adjusted for age and sex in univariate general linear models. Population health survey in Greenland 2018; participants aged 18–65 years. N = 1505

	Low expenditure on alcohol and tobacco	High expenditure on alcohol and tobacco	All
	% food insecure			Ratio high/low expenditure	p
Working	3.1	10.8	6.8	3.48	p < 0.0001
Jobless	12.1	24.1	18.9	1.99	0.001
All	5.7	15.8		2.77	p < 0.0001
Ratio jobless/working	3.90	2.23	2.78
p	p < 0.0001	p < 0.0001	p < 0.0001
	N (%) food insecure
Working	14 (9%)	52 (32%)	66 (41%)
Jobless	27 (17%)	69 (43%)	96 (59%)
Total	41 (25%)	121 (75%)

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