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Table 2 Discrimination Factor and odds of food insecurity

From: Racial discrimination is associated with food insecurity, stress, and worse physical health among college students

 

n (%)

Food Insecurity

Odds Ratio (95% CI) Unadjusted Model

Food Insecurity

Odds Ratio (95% CI) Adjusted Model

Location of discrimination

At Work

   

No

91 (63.64)

Ref

Ref

Yes

52 (36.36)

1.96 (0.92, 4.19)

1.77 (0.79, 3.98)

At School

No

91 (63.64)

Ref

Ref

Yes

52 (36.36)

2.67 (1.21, 5.88)*

2.81 (1.20, 6.61)*

Housing

   

No

120 (83.92)

Ref

Ref

Yes

23 (16.08)

6.76 (1.51, 30.34)*

7.90 (1.93, 32.34)**

Medical

No

115 (80.42)

Ref

Ref

Yes

28 (19.58)

3.86 (1.25, 11.90)*

3.95 (1.07, 14.67)*

Restaurant

No

86 (60.14)

Ref

Ref

Yes

57 (39.86)

2.11 (1.00, 4.43)*

2.04 (0.83, 5.02)

Loans

No

123 (86.01)

Ref

Ref

Yes

20 (13.99)

5.57 (1.23, 25.21)*

3.82 (0.71, 20.53)

On the street

No

87 (60.84)

Ref

Ref

Yes

56 (39.16)

2.71 (1.26, 5.86)*

3.01 (1.23, 7.34)*

By Police

No

119 (83.22)

Ref

Ref

Yes

24 (16.78)

15.55 (2.02, 119.88)**

11.76 (1.41, 97.86)*

In Hiring

No

104 (72.73)

Ref

Ref

Yes

39 (27.27)

4.99 (1.80, 13.83)**

6.81 (1.98, 23.48)**

  1. Adjusted models controlled for race, gender, age and income. Individual discrimination components’’ relationship with food insecurity was assessed with logistic models at p-values of *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001