Table 3.

Associations of maternal resources with moderate/severe household food insecurity. León, Nicaragua (n 443)

	Model 1		Model 2		Model 3
Independent variable	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
Maternal economic resources
Mother contributes most to HH income†					0·66**	0·55, 0·80
Other person contributes most to HH income†					0·99	0·23, 4·23
Mother manages HH income‡					0·40**	0·24, 0·66
Maternal social resources
Secondary education§					0·53*	0·31, 0·90
Higher education§					0·62*	0·40, 0·96
Married||					0·65*	0·45, 0·93
Cohabiting||					0·64*	0·42, 0·98
Social support					0·84**	0·83, 0·85
HH economic resources
Wealth score			0·67**	0·57, 0·80	0·71**	0·62, 0·82
Access to crop/pasture land			0·56	0·20, 1·55	0·52	0·19, 1·43
Received remittances			0·35**	0·21, 0·58	0·36	0·13, 1·00
Receives government cash support			0·72	0·44, 1·17	1·36	0·97, 1·90
Controls
Maternal age	0·98*	0·97, 1·00	0·99**	0·98, 1·00	0·99	0·98, 1·01
Mother pregnant	0·66	0·28, 1·52	0·84	0·29, 2·47	0·78	0·12, 5·17
No grandparents in HH	1·64**	1·27, 2·12	1·30	0·81, 2·11	1·38	0·93, 2·05
Age of youngest child	1·02	0·90, 1·16	1·05	0·92, 1·19	1·07	0·99, 1·16
Number of children in HH	1·21**	1·12, 1·32	1·16**	1·10, 1·22	1·19	0·98, 1·44
Urban area	0·29**	0·17, 0·50	0·95	0·65, 1·40	0·69	0·33, 1·44
Sutiaba community¶	2·84**	2·20, 3·67	2·47**	1·96, 3·12	2·88**	1·95, 4·25
Perla community¶	1·76**	1·75, 1·77	1·98**	1·82, 2·15	2·02**	1·72, 2·37
Constant	0·26**	0·12, 0·59	0·13**	0·067, 0·26	2·60**	1·74, 3·89
Log likelihood	−234		−218		−198

HH, household.

*P<0·05, **P<0·01.

^†Reference group: spouse alone contributes most money to HH.

^‡Reference group: spouse or other person manages HH money.

^§Reference group: primary education or less.

^||Reference group: single, divorced, separated or widowed.

^¶Reference group: Mántica community.