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Table 4 Demographic characteristics associated with food insecurity after controlling for 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

95% Confidence Interval

95% Confidence Interval

aOR

LL

UP

p

aOR

LL

UP

p

Males

Females

Sexual Orientation

 Heterosexual

ref

   

ref

   

 LGB

1.173

0.776

1.773

0.448

1.388

0.989

1.949

0.058

Age

0.972

0.966

0.979

<.001

0.978

0.972

0.984

<.001

Race

 White

ref

   

ref

   

 Asian

0.475

0.291

0.778

0.003

1.403

0.980

2.007

0.064

 Black

1.969

1.538

2.522

<.001

1.769

1.453

2.155

<.001

 AINAN

1.488

0.779

2.843

0.229

1.620

0.915

2.867

0.098

 Multiple Race

1.82

1.153

2.872

0.01

1.457

1.010

2.100

0.044

Marital status

 Partnered/Married

ref

   

ref

   

 Never married

1.053

0.826

1.342

0.676

1.309

1.072

1.599

0.008

 Divorced/Separated

1.963

1.576

2.445

<.001

2.483

2.062

2.989

<.001

 Widowed

1.348

0.849

2.141

0.205

1.473

1.138

1.906

0.003

Employment

 Employed

ref

   

ref

   

 Unemployed

1.869

1.526

2.289

<.001

1.639

1.395

1.925

<.001

Chronic disease

 None

ref

   

ref

   

 At least one

1.798

1.464

2.208

<.001

1.714

1.443

2.035

<.001

Current smoker

 Smoker

ref

   

ref

   

 Non-Smoker

0.514

0.423

0.624

<.001

0.477

0.398

0.57

<.001

General health status

0.946

0.851

1.051

0.299

0.958

0.876

1.047

0.346

SNAP receipt

 No

ref

   

ref

   

 Yes

0.213

0.17

0.268

<.001

0.245

0.208

0.288

<.001