Table 2.
Unadjusted and logistic regression-adjusted odds ratios for household food insecurity for non-married v. married respondents: Canadian Community Health Survey, 2005/2006 and 2007/2008
| Non-married (n 25 176) | Married (n 40 014) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Risk category | Unadjusted OR | 95 % CI | Adjusted OR | 95 % CI | Unadjusted OR | 95 % CI | Adjusted OR | 95 % CI |
| Sex (Ref. Male) | ||||||||
| Female | 1·67*** | 1·45, 1·93 | 1·01 | 0·86, 1·19 | 1·47*** | 1·26, 1·71 | 1·46*** | 1·24, 1·72 |
| Annual household income/$CAN 10 000 | 0·60*** | 0·57, 0·62 | 0·62*** | 0·59, 0·66 | 0·66*** | 0·64, 0·69 | 0·69*** | 0·66, 0·71 |
| No. of person ≤15 years old | 1·70*** | 1·55, 1·87 | 1·64*** | 1·46, 1·85 | 1·47*** | 1·37, 1·57 | 1·52*** | 1·42, 1·63 |
| No. of persons ≤16–17 years old | 2·90*** | 1·99, 4·21 | 3·01*** | 1·91, 4·76 | 1·74** | 1·26, 2·40 | 1·98** | 1·35, 2·90 |
| No. of persons ≥18 years old | 0·90 | 0·64, 1·28 | 1·41 | 0·95, 2·09 | 1·10 | 0·89, 1·37 | 1·40** | 1·13, 1·73 |
| Highest education in household (Ref. BA or higher) | ||||||||
| <High school | 3·28*** | 2·46, 4·37 | 1·68** | 1·23, 2·28 | 2·46*** | 1·77, 3·42 | 1·92*** | 1·35, 2·74 |
| High-school diploma | 3·36*** | 2·62, 4·30 | 1·81*** | 1·39, 2·34 | 1·80*** | 1·36, 2·37 | 1·54** | 1·14, 2·09 |
| Post-secondary <BA | 3·04*** | 2·45, 3·77 | 2·06*** | 1·63, 2·60 | 1·52*** | 1·25, 1·86 | 1·76*** | 1·42, 2·19 |
| Dwelling tenure (Ref. Rented) | ||||||||
| Owned | 0·33*** | 0·28, 0·39 | 0·44*** | 0·37, 0·54 | 0·31*** | 0·26, 0·36 | 0·43*** | 0·36, 0·50 |
| Province (Ref. Ontario) | ||||||||
| Newfoundland & Labrador | 1·09 | 0·65, 1·82 | 0·79 | 0·46, 1·37 | 0·58 | 0·32, 1·07 | 0·63 | 0·33, 1·21 |
| Prince Edward Island | 1·48 | 0·96, 2·30 | 0·87 | 0·56, 1·37 | 0·73 | 0·45, 1·19 | 0·81 | 0·48, 1·35 |
| Nova Scotia | 1·19 | 0·89, 1·59 | 0·82 | 0·59, 1·13 | 1·07 | 0·81, 1·40 | 1·09 | 0·80, 1·47 |
| New Brunswick | 1·32 | 0·92, 1·89 | 1·02 | 0·68, 1·53 | 0·64* | 0·43, 0·93 | 0·77 | 0·51, 1·16 |
| Quebec | 0·60*** | 0·50, 0·73 | 0·44*** | 0·36, 0·55 | 0·45*** | 0·37, 0·55 | 0·42*** | 0·34, 0·51 |
| Manitoba | 0·74 | 0·48, 1·12 | 0·67 | 0·44, 1·03 | 0·84 | 0·51, 1·37 | 0·93 | 0·55, 1·57 |
| Saskatchewan | 0·55** | 0·39, 0·77 | 0·52** | 0·36, 0·76 | 0·56* | 0·36, 0·88 | 0·59* | 0·37, 0·96 |
| Alberta | 0·74* | 0·56, 0·98 | 0·77 | 0·58, 1·01 | 0·90 | 0·69, 1·17 | 1·00 | 0·76, 1·31 |
| British Columbia | 0·87 | 0·72, 1·05 | 0·83 | 0·68, 1·02 | 0·81 | 0·65, 1·03 | 0·81 | 0·64, 1·03 |
| Rural v. urban (Ref. Rural) | ||||||||
| Urban | 1·31** | 1·08, 1·59 | 1·09 | 0·88, 1·36 | 1·32** | 1·11, 1·56 | 1·15 | 0·96, 1·38 |
Ref., reference category; BA, baccalaureate.
Significant difference: *P < 0·05, **P < 0·01, ***P < 0·001; P values based on bootstrapped standard errors.