Table 2.
Psychosocial factors and food-related behaviours by food security status: adult members (n 276) in ten communities on the Navajo Nation, May–November 2007
| Psychosocial factor/food-related | Food secure | Food insecurity at household level | Food insecurity at adult level | Food insecurity at child level | Comparisons | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| behaviour | (1) | (2) | (3) | (4) | P value | significant for ANOVA |
| Knowledge score | 7·1 | 6·7 | 5·9 | 5·7 | 0·0010 | 1 v. 3, 1 v. 4 |
| Label reading score | 2·1 | 1·7 | 1·6 | 1·3 | 0·1600 | |
| Healthy eating self-efficacy score | 63·7 | 63·0 | 58·1 | 57·6 | <0·0001 | 1 v. 3, 1 v. 4, 2 v. 4 |
| Health eating intention score | 14·6 | 15·4 | 13·4 | 13·8 | 0·0570 | |
| Perceived expensiveness of healthy choices | 8·5 | 7·6 | 9·6 | 10·1 | <0·0001 | 2 v. 3, 2 v. 4 |
| Perceived inconvenience of healthy choices | 12·0 | 11·5 | 13·8 | 14·1 | 0·0001 | 1 v. 4, 2 v. 3, 2 v. 4 |
| Healthy food getting frequency score | 74·4 | 73·6 | 78·0 | 80·8 | 0·6100 | |
| Unhealthy food getting frequency score | 25·5 | 25·5 | 27·2 | 28·2 | 0·8100 | |
| Healthy family food pattern score | 13·4 | 13·5 | 12·1 | 13·4 | 0·0200 |
ANOVA was used to test the difference in means between the groups of food security. P = 0·008 was used as the level of significance.