Table 3 Association between Food Insecurity Experience Scale score or Maternal Social Support class and Self Reporting Questionnaire-20 score of mothers in East Mamprusi Municipal, Ghana

Educational status (Ref: Educated)

Not educated

1.34 (1.14, 1.58)

0.001

1.19 (1.02, 1.39)

0.031

1.21 (1.03, 1.42)

0.021

Parity

1.01 (0.98, 1.05)

0.492

0.99 (0.96, 1.03)

0.724

1.00 (0.96, 1.03)

0.849

Occupation (Ref: Trader)

Agric worker

1.49 (1.17, 1.89)

0.001

1.20 (0.97, 1.49)

0.088

1.23 (0.99, 1.52)

0.063

Service worker

1.16 (0.87, 1.54)

0.314

1.10 (0.87, 1.41)

0.421

1.10 (0.87, 1.41)

0.424

Unemployed

1.36 (1.06, 1.75)

0.016

1.18 (0.95, 1.45)

0.126

1.20 (0.97, 1.48)

0.101

Received support with childcare (Ref: Yes)

No

1.48 (1.27, 1.73)

< 0.001

1.47 (1.28, 1.68)

< 0.001

1.46 (1.28, 1.68)

< 0.001

Household socio-economic status (Ref: High tertile)

Low tertile

1.47 (1.21, 1.79)

< 0.001

0.97 (0.81, 1.17)

0.758

1.02 (0.84, 1.24)

0.847

Medium tertile

1.40 (1.15, 1.72)

0.001

1.01 (0.84, 1.22)

0.905

1.05 (0.87, 1.28)

0.588

Residential area (Ref: Urban)

Rural

2.15 (1.58, 2.94)

< 0.001

1.79 (1.32, 2.43)

< 0.001

1.86 (1.37, 2.54)

< 0.001

Peri-urban

2.22 (1.68, 2.95)

< 0.001

1.63 (1.24, 2.16)

0.001

1.73 (1.30, 2.29)

< 0.001

Maternal social support (Ref: High)

Low

1.60 (1.31, 1.96)

< 0.001

1.36 (1.13, 1.64)

0.001

1.38 (1.14, 1.66)

0.001

Food Insecurity Experience Scale score

1.06 (1.04, 1.09)

< 0.001

1.04 (1.02, 1.06)

0.001