Table 1.
Demographics by food security status
| Total sample (n 216) | High/marginal food security (n 129) | Low food security (n 40) | Very low food security (n 47) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | Statistics | |
| Age | F(2,211) = 1·21; P = 0·30 | ||||||||
| Mean | 29·01 | 29·48 | 27·50 | 29·02 | |||||
| sd | 7·06 | 7·96 | 4·18 | 6·28 | |||||
| Gender | χ 2 = 6·86; P = 0·14; ϕ = 0·18 | ||||||||
| Male | 30·1 | 65 | 47·7 | 31 | 24·6 | 16 | 27·7 | 18 | |
| Female | 69·0 | 149 | 65·1 | 97 | 16·1 | 24 | 18·8 | 28 | |
| Other | 0·9 | 2 | 50·0 | 1 | 0·0 | 0 | 50·0 | 1 | |
| Race | χ2 = 8·32; P = 0·02; ϕ = 0·20 | ||||||||
| White | 68·9 | 146 | 65·1 | 95 | 13·7 | 20 | 21·2 | ||
| Non-White | 31·1 | 47·0 | 31 | 28·8 | 19 | 24·2 | 16 | ||
| BMI | F(2,194) = 1·38; P = 0·26 | ||||||||
| Mean | 26·21 | 25·70 | 26·17 | 27·58 | |||||
| sd | 6·41 | 6·55 | 6·0 | 6·37 | |||||
| Degree programme | χ2 = 0·56; P = 0·75; ϕ = 0·05 | ||||||||
| Masters | 28·3 | 60 | 61·7 | 37 | 20·0 | 12 | 18·3 | 11 | |
| Doctorate | 71·7 | 152 | 58·6 | 89 | 18·4 | 28 | 23·0 | 35 | |
| Marital status | χ2 = 4·21; P = 0·38; ϕ = 0·14 | ||||||||
| Single | 36·8 | 77 | 57·1 | 44 | 23·4 | 18 | 19·5 | 15 | |
| In a relationship | 39·7 | 83 | 60·2 | 50 | 13·3 | 11 | 26·5 | 22 | |
| Married | 23·4 | 49 | 63·3 | 31 | 20·4 | 10 | 16·3 | 8 | |