Table 4.
Association of caregivers’ (n 511) type-specific positive and negative life experiences counts and impact scores with food security status in the Midlands Family Study (2012–2013)
| Food insecurity without child hunger v. food secure | Child hunger v. food secure | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | |
| Caregivers’ life experience counts | ||||
| Spouse/partner relationships | ||||
| Positive | 1·03 | 0·80, 1·32 | 1·17 | 0·90, 1·52 |
| Negative | 1·23 | 0·89, 1·68 | 1·45 | 1·04, 2·01 |
| Work and/or financial stability | ||||
| Positive | 0·95 | 0·77, 1·17 | 0·90 | 0·71, 1·15 |
| Negative | 1·54 | 1·28, 1·85 | 1·84 | 1·51, 2·23 |
| Family and other personal relationship | ||||
| Positive | 0·86 | 0·70, 1·06 | 0·78 | 0·63, 0·98 |
| Negative | 1·22 | 1·05, 1·42 | 1·47 | 1·25, 1·72 |
| Personal events and behavioural changes | ||||
| Positive | 0·99 | 0·81, 1·19 | 1·02 | 0·83, 1·25 |
| Negative | 1·29 | 1·12, 1·49 | 1·57 | 1·35, 1·83 |
| Caregivers’ life experience impact scores | ||||
| Spouse/partner relationships | ||||
| Positive | 0·99 | 0·90, 1·10 | 1·02 | 0·92, 1·14 |
| Negative | 1·15 | 0·99, 1·33 | 1·20 | 1·04, 1·40 |
| Work and/or financial stability | ||||
| Positive | 0·96 | 0·88, 1·05 | 0·95 | 0·86, 1·06 |
| Negative | 1·20 | 1·12, 1·30 | 1·29 | 1·20, 1·40 |
| Family and other personal relationship | ||||
| Positive | 0·95 | 0·87, 1·03 | 0·91 | 0·83, 0·99 |
| Negative | 1·12 | 1·03, 1·21 | 1·20 | 1·11, 1·30 |
| Personal events and behavioural changes | ||||
| Positive | 0·99 | 0·91, 1·07 | 1·00 | 0·93, 1·09 |
| Negative | 1·11 | 1·03, 1·20 | 1·20 | 1·11, 1·29 |
OR and 95 % CI are shown for every one-unit increase in the experience count or impact score. All models adjusted for caregiver gender, race/ethnicity, urban residence, number of adults and children in the household, an indicator variable related to recruitment type and income. Bold text indicates significant associations.
Definition of experience categories as follows: (i) spouse/partner relationships (e.g. marriage, divorce, death of a spouse/partner, pregnancy, engagement, etc.); (ii) work and/or financial stability (e.g. new job, being fired from job, foreclosure of mortgage, taking out a large loan, retirement, etc.); (iii) family and other relationships (e.g. gaining a new family member, death of a family member, serious injury or illness, change in closeness of family, change in living conditions, offspring leaving home, etc.); (iv) personal events and behavioural changes (e.g. major personal illness, major change in sleeping or eating habits or social activities or church, major personal achievement, minor law violation, detention in jail, etc.).