Table 2 Prevalence of household food insecurity depending on sociodemographic factors

Total

1938

7.7 (6.6-9.0)

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-

Gender

Boys

976

8.0 (6.4–9.9)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

Girls

962

7.4 (5.9–9.2)

0.92 (0.7–1.3)

0.83 (0.6–1.3)

Age

2–4 years

506

5.7 (4.0-8.1)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

5–9 years

661

9.2 (7.2–11.7)

1.67 (1.1–2.7)^†

2.40 (1.4–4.1)^†

10–14 years

771

7.7 (6.0-9.8)

1.36 (0.9–2.2)

2.01 (1.2–3.4)^†

Education level of the mother

University

164

2.1 (1.3–3.3)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

Secondary

898

10.2 (8.4–12.4)

5.26 (3.1–8.8)^††

1.24 (0.6–2.6)

Primary or no education

847

23.8 (17.8–30.9)

14.37 (8.0-25.9)^††

1.22 (0.7–2.3)

Employment status of the head of the household

Self-employed

349

6.0 (3.9–9.1)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

Works for someone else

1436

5.4 (4.4–6.7)

0.90 (0.6–1.5)

0.51 (0.3–0.9) ^†

Unemployed

96

45.8 (36.0–56.0)

13.22 (7.3–24.0)^††

2.01 (1.0-4.1)

Others (student/housewife/retiree)

29

17.2 (7.1–36.3)

3.25 (1.1–9.4)^†

0.82 (0.2–2.8)

Family purchasing power *

Medium

540

5.6 (3.9–7.8)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

High

1054

0.2 (0.0-0.7)

0.03 (0.0-0.1)^††

0.03 (0.0-0.2)^††

Low

311

37.3 (32.1–42.8)

10.11 (6.5–15.6)^††

8.99 (5.5–14.6)^††

Mother’s country of birth

Spain

1508

5.3 (4.3–6.6)

1 (Ref)

1 (Ref)

Latin American country

199

20.1 (15.1–26.3)

4.49 (3.0-6.8)^††

1.01 (0.6–1.7)

Other country

231

12.6 (8.8–17.5)

2.56 (1.6-4.0)^††

0.83 (0.5–1.4)