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. 2015 Jan 7;18(16):2915–2924. doi: 10.1017/S1368980014003000

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.