Table 3.
Prevalence of food insecurity (by severity levels) across covariates
| Variables | Categories | Severe insecurity | Moderate insecurity | Mild insecurity | Food security | P-value | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | Row % | 95 % CI | n | Row % | 95 % CI | n | Row % | 95 % CI | n | Row % | 95 % CI | |||
| Total | 360 | 9·2 | 7·7, 10·8 | 435 | 15·7 | 13·6, 18·0 | 860 | 37·6 | 34·6, 40·7 | 695 | 37·6 | 34·6, 40·7 | ||
| Region | Atlántico | 204 | 24·3 | 21·6, 27·3 | 170 | 22 | 18·2, 26·5 | 266 | 38 | 34·1, 42·1 | 140 | 15·6 | 12·7, 19·0 | <0·001 |
| Oriental | 12 | 3·2 | 1·7, 5·8 | 67 | 12·8 | 8·9, 18·2 | 177 | 39·4 | 32·8, 46·4 | 158 | 44·6 | 38·7, 50·6 | ||
| Orinoquía and Amazonía | 6 | 9 | 9·0, 9·0 | 10 | 18·7 | 18·7, 18·7 | 22 | 42·9 | 42·9, 42·9 | 16 | 29·5 | 29·5, 29·5 | ||
| Central | 39 | 7·4 | 5·3, 10·1 | 87 | 15·3 | 12·0, 19·4 | 202 | 33·9 | 30·4, 37·6 | 251 | 43·4 | 37·2, 49·7 | ||
| Pacífica | 99 | 12·3 | 7·2, 20·4 | 101 | 17·2 | 13·4, 21·8 | 192 | 38·3 | 31·6, 45·6 | 129 | 32·1 | 24·8, 40·5 | ||
| Head of household economic activity | Unemployed | 8 | 10 | 5·6, 17·2 | 11 | 41·2 | 23·6, 61·4 | 9 | 45·6 | 29·7, 62·4 | 1 | 3·2 | 0·4, 19·4 | <0·001 |
| Formally employed | 18 | 3·5 | 2·7, 4·5 | 34 | 6·9 | 5·0, 9·5 | 139 | 36·8 | 33·2, 40·6 | 144 | 52·7 | 48·5, 56·9 | ||
| Informally employed | 222 | 9·4 | 7·5, 11·7 | 299 | 17·1 | 14·6, 20·0 | 550 | 40·1 | 36·2, 44·2 | 433 | 33·4 | 29·2, 37·8 | ||
| Size of the household | 2 to 4 members | 98 | 6·3 | 4·7, 8·2 | 185 | 13·8 | 11·4, 16·7 | 410 | 35·8 | 32·0, 39·7 | 386 | 44·1 | 39·5, 48·8 | <0·001 |
| 5 to 6 members | 150 | 9·2 | 7·6, 11·1 | 156 | 16·6 | 13·4, 20·5 | 299 | 41·1 | 35·9, 46·5 | 227 | 33·1 | 27·7, 39·0 | ||
| 7 or more members | 112 | 18·7 | 14·4, 24·0 | 94 | 19·5 | 15·4, 24·4 | 151 | 34·9 | 29·3, 40·9 | 82 | 26·9 | 21·1, 33·6 | ||
| Toilet with sewer connection | Yes | 151 | 5·8 | 4·8, 7·0 | 283 | 14·4 | 12·1, 17·0 | 680 | 38·9 | 35·6, 42·2 | 597 | 41 | 37·6, 44·4 | <0·001 |
| No | 209 | 29·2 | 24·0, 35·1 | 152 | 23·7 | 20·0, 27·8 | 180 | 29·8 | 24·1, 36·1 | 98 | 17·3 | 13·4, 22·1 | ||
| Wealth index | Below the mean | 278 | 19·2 | 16·1, 22·8 | 260 | 21·9 | 18·4, 25·8 | 388 | 35·1 | 30·3, 40·3 | 251 | 23·8 | 20·2, 27·9 | <0·001 |
| Above the mean | 82 | 4 | 3·1, 5·2 | 175 | 12·6 | 10·2, 15·3 | 472 | 38·8 | 34·5, 43·4 | 444 | 44·6 | 40·6, 48·6 | ||
| Educational level head of household | Less than complete primary school | 226 | 14·9 | 11·7, 18·7 | 215 | 20·3 | 16·2, 25·2 | 345 | 34·4 | 30·4, 38·6 | 253 | 30·3 | 24·0, 37·6 | <0·001 |
| Incomplete secondary school | 90 | 5·8 | 4·2, 7·9 | 144 | 13·8 | 10·7, 17·6 | 327 | 40·3 | 35·4, 45·3 | 275 | 40·2 | 35·1, 45·5 | ||
| Complete secondary and more | 42 | 3·4 | 2·2, 5·1 | 73 | 9·9 | 7·7, 12·8 | 180 | 39·2 | 32·4, 46·5 | 162 | 47·5 | 40·4, 54·7 | ||
| Educational level mothers | Less than complete primary school | 158 | 23·7 | 19·4, 28·6 | 98 | 20·8 | 16·3, 26·2 | 151 | 34·1 | 27·4, 41·5 | 108 | 21·4 | 16·7, 27·0 | <0·001 |
| Incomplete secondary school | 136 | 8·8 | 6·7, 11·4 | 202 | 18·3 | 15·5, 21·5 | 385 | 36·7 | 33·6, 40·0 | 310 | 36·2 | 32·5, 40·1 | ||
| Incomplete undergraduate | 62 | 3·3 | 2·4, 4·5 | 130 | 11·2 | 8·8, 14·1 | 315 | 41·4 | 35·9, 47·1 | 260 | 44·2 | 38·3, 50·3 | ||
| Complete undergraduate and more | 3 | 1·2 | 0·6, 2·1 | 2 | 0·6 | 0·1, 3·0 | 9 | 14·1 | 4·5, 36·1 | 14 | 84·2 | 63·7, 94·2 | ||
| Women as the head of the household | No | 233 | 7·1 | 5·6, 9·1 | 341 | 15·3 | 13·1, 17·8 | 666 | 37·8 | 34·4, 41·4 | 567 | 39·7 | 35·5, 44·1 | 0·001 |
| Yes | 127 | 15·3 | 12·6, 18·5 | 94 | 16·9 | 13·5, 20·9 | 194 | 36·8 | 31·3, 42·5 | 128 | 31·1 | 25·1, 37·8 | ||
| Number of children under 5 years of age | 1 | 253 | 7·9 | 6·5, 9·5 | 356 | 14·9 | 12·7, 17·5 | 728 | 38·2 | 34·9, 41·6 | 594 | 39 | 35·7, 42·4 | <0·001 |
| 2 | 95 | 15·5 | 12·1, 19·7 | 71 | 19·4 | 15·1, 24·5 | 125 | 35·1 | 29·6, 41·0 | 94 | 30·1 | 23·9, 37·0 | ||
| 3 or more | 12 | 29·6 | 19·1, 42·9 | 8 | 27·8 | 11·2, 54·1 | 7 | 14·9 | 5·8, 33·3 | 7 | 27·6 | 12·4, 50·5 | ||
| Self-reported ethnicity head of household | Afro-Colombian | 87 | 26·5 | 22·2, 31·3 | 65 | 21·9 | 17·7, 26·7 | 97 | 40·1 | 33·1, 47·6 | 28 | 11·5 | 7·6, 17·1 | <0·001 |
| Indigenous | 134 | 36 | 30·4, 41·9 | 67 | 20·4 | 14·4, 28·2 | 89 | 25·6 | 17·7, 35·6 | 60 | 18 | 13·3, 23·8 | ||
| None of the above | 138 | 4·9 | 3·8, 6·1 | 300 | 14·7 | 12·3, 17·4 | 662 | 38·8 | 35·5, 42·3 | 595 | 41·6 | 38·2, 45·1 | ||
| Multiple births | No | 358 | 9·2 | 7·8, 10·9 | 429 | 15·7 | 13·6, 18·0 | 845 | 37·6 | 34·5, 40·8 | 685 | 37·5 | 34·4, 40·6 | 0·818 |
| Yes | 2 | 5 | 1·0, 22·2 | 3 | 19·9 | 4·2, 58·4 | 8 | 29·6 | 10·6, 59·9 | 7 | 45·5 | 17·8, 76·2 | ||
| Mothers’ age at birth | 13 to 17 years | 30 | 10·7 | 5·9, 18·6 | 58 | 15·5 | 11·2, 21·1 | 114 | 33·1 | 26·4, 40·6 | 89 | 40·6 | 32·7, 49·1 | 0·115 |
| 18 to 34 years | 276 | 8·4 | 7·2, 9·7 | 318 | 15·7 | 13·3, 18·4 | 645 | 37·6 | 34·0, 41·4 | 533 | 38·4 | 35·2, 41·6 | ||
| 35 to 49 years | 54 | 14 | 10·1, 19·1 | 55 | 15·8 | 10·5, 23·2 | 93 | 42·5 | 33·7, 51·8 | 70 | 27·7 | 20·4, 36·5 | ||
| Pre-term birth | Yes | 69 | 18·2 | 13·3, 24·3 | 46 | 11·5 | 7·6, 17·1 | 95 | 33·6 | 26·4, 41·8 | 78 | 36·6 | 28·2, 45·9 | <0·001 |
| No | 283 | 8 | 6·6, 9·5 | 374 | 16 | 13·8, 18·5 | 741 | 38·3 | 35·1, 41·6 | 599 | 37·7 | 34·8, 40·7 | ||
| Birth spacing | < 24 | 63 | 15·4 | 10·6, 21·7 | 47 | 24·8 | 18·6, 32·1 | 84 | 37·1 | 29·5, 45·3 | 58 | 22·8 | 16·7, 30·3 | <0·001 |
| >=24 | 227 | 10·5 | 9·1, 12·0 | 248 | 15·7 | 13·1, 18·7 | 470 | 39 | 34·4, 43·8 | 352 | 34·8 | 30·2, 39·6 | ||
| Unique child | 69 | 6·1 | 4·1, 8·8 | 137 | 13·6 | 10·9, 16·9 | 299 | 35·6 | 30·4, 41·1 | 282 | 44·7 | 38·2, 51·5 | ||
| Mothers’ height | < 145 | 45 | 25·3 | 16·0, 37·5 | 24 | 17 | 9·9, 27·5 | 45 | 36·4 | 23·8, 51·1 | 29 | 21·3 | 13·9, 31·4 | <0·001 |
| >= 145 | 315 | 8·3 | 7·0, 9·8 | 411 | 15·6 | 13·5, 18·0 | 815 | 37·6 | 34·6, 40·8 | 666 | 38·5 | 35·3, 41·7 | ||