Table 2.
Depression, anxiety and stress scores 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) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Mean | sd | Statistics | |
| Depression | 9·82 | 10·82 | 7·56 | 8·38 | 8·57 | 10·42 | 17·02* † | 9·82 | χ2 (2) = 18·33; P < 0·001, η 2 = 0·09 |
| Anxiety | 7·20 | 9·05 | 5·11 | 6·31 | 5·54 | 6·38 | 14·23* † | 13·05 | χ2 (2) = 21·38; P < 0·001, η 2 = 0·10 |
| Stress | 12·37 | 10·17 | 10·03 | 8·47 | 11·94 | 10·28 | 19·19* † | 11·53 | χ2 (2) = 20·76; P < 0·001, η 2 = 0·10 |
*
Significantly different from high/marginal food security.
†
Significantly different from low food security.