Table 3.
Logit regression results for the first sample: unemployment and food insecurity (n 14 417), Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), 2008–2010
| Food insecurity | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | Model 4 | |||||
| Variable | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI | OR | 95 % CI |
| Unemployed | 1·55*** | 1·32, 1·83 | ||||||
| Episodes of unemployment | 1·20*** | 1·12, 1·28 | 1·08* | 1·00, 1·18 | ||||
| Duration/weeks of being unemployed | 1·01*** | 1·01, 1·02 | 1·01*** | 1·01, 1·02 | ||||
| Income-to-needs ratio (reference: below 2) | ||||||||
| 2 to 4 | 0·73*** | 0·62, 0·86 | 0·73*** | 0·62, 0·85 | 0·72*** | 0·61, 0·84 | 0·72*** | 0·61, 0·84 |
| Above 4 | 0·48*** | 0·39, 0·59 | 0·48*** | 0·39, 0·59 | 0·47*** | 0·39, 0·58 | 0·48*** | 0·39, 0·59 |
| Assets-to-needs ratio: 3 and above | 0·58*** | 0·49, 0·68 | 0·57*** | 0·49, 0·68 | 0·58*** | 0·50, 0·69 | 0·59*** | 0·50, 0·69 |
| SNAP recipient | 1·43*** | 1·16, 1·76 | 1·46*** | 1·18, 1·80 | 1·38** | 1·13, 1·70 | 1·38** | 1·13, 1·69 |
| Access to social support | 0·83*** | 0·80, 0·85 | 0·83*** | 0·80, 0·85 | 0·83*** | 0·80, 0·85 | 0·83*** | 0·80, 0·85 |
SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
Analyses also controlled for the demographic variables listed in Table 1. The results on these demographic variables are not reported. Models 1 to 4 are logit analyses using different measures of unemployment. Model 1 performs the regression of food insecurity v. the dummy indicator of unemployment (whether household heads experienced unemployment or not during the observation period); model 2 does the same v. the number of episodes of unemployment; model 3 does the same v. the total duration of all episodes of unemployment (number of weeks); model 4 uses both the episodes and the duration of unemployment as predictors.
*P<0·05, **P<0·01, ***P<0·001.