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Table 2 Demographic characteristics associated with food insecurity and SNAP receipt stratified by sex

From: Food insecurity and SNAP use among sexual minority people: analysis of a population-based sample from National Health Interview Survey, 2017

 

Food Insecurity

SNAP Receipt

95% Confidence Interval

95% Confidence Interval

95% Confidence Interval

95% Confidence Interval

aOR

LL

UP

p

aOR

LL

UP

p

aOR

LL

UP

p

aOR

LL

UP

p

Males

Females

Males

Females

Sexual Orientation

 Heterosexual

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 LGB

1.211

0.789

1.859

0.381

1.518

1.105

2.087

0.01

1.119

0.697

1.794

0.642

1.441

1.025

2.028

0.036

Age

0.600

0.540

0.665

<.001

0.661

0.607

0.719

<.001

0.636

0.573

0.707

<.001

0.591

0.544

0.643

<.001

Race

 White

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 Asian

0.479

0.290

0.792

0.004

1.333

0.942

1.886

0.105

0.919

0.605

1.397

0.694

0.909

0.634

1.303

0.604

 Black

2.402

1.867

3.091

<.001

2.235

1.863

2.681

<.001

2.766

2.144

3.568

<.001

2.909

2.426

3.489

<.001

 AINAN

1.990

1.060

3.737

0.032

2.100

1.298

3.395

0.002

3.793

1.944

7.401

<.001

2.814

1.701

4.653

<.001

 Multiple Race

2.012

1.339

3.024

0.001

1.593

1.093

2.321

0.015

1.800

1.030

3.144

0.039

1.517

1.025

2.247

0.037

Marital status

 Partnered/Married

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 Never married

1.058

1.840

1.333

0.633

1.538

1.272

1.860

<.001

0.790

0.619

1.010

0.060

1.686

1.386

2.052

<.001

 Divorced/Separated

1.959

1.584

2.423

<.001

3.269

2.742

3.897

<.001

1.190

0.947

1.496

0.136

4.184

3.483

5.024

<.001

 Widowed

1.259

0.840

1.888

0.264

1.555

1.217

1.987

<.001

1.089

0.947

1.703

0.707

2.343

1.782

3.081

<.001

Employment

 Employed

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 Unemployed

2.396

1.955

2.938

<.001

2.038

1.749

2.374

<.001

3.148

2.554

3.881

<.001

1.834

2.415

3.326

<.001

Chronic disease

 None

ref

   

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 At least one

1.909

1.566

2.327

<.001

1.849

1.571

2.176

<.001

1.573

1.289

1.919

<.001

1.849

1.568

2.181

<.001

Current smoker

 Smoker

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 Non-Smoker

0.414

0.344

0.500

<.001

0.380

0.323

0.447

<.001

0.341

0.282

0.413

<.001

0.356

0.304

0.418

<.001

General health status

0.955

0.861

1.059

0.383

0.944

0.868

1.026

0.176

1.030

0.925

1.147

0.591

0.941

0.863

1.025

0.161