Table 2.
Sociodemographic characteristics of the study population at baseline by food insecurity status; caregivers (n 298) of children aged 6–18 months, Intibucá, rural Honduras, March–April 2009
| Food insecurity status | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| None or mild (n 61) | Moderate (n 126) | Severe (n 111) | |||||
| n | % | n | % | n | % | P value* | |
| Interviewee is the mother of participant | 0·25 | ||||||
| No | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 6 | |
| Yes | 60 | 98 | 116 | 92 | 104 | 94 | |
| Interviewee is the child's primary caregiver | 0·58 | ||||||
| No | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Yes | 61 | 100 | 126 | 100 | 110 | 99 | |
| Age of primary caregiver (years) | 0·22 | ||||||
| ≤22 | 23 | 38 | 40 | 32 | 30 | 27 | |
| 23–30 | 25 | 41 | 50 | 40 | 39 | 35 | |
| ≥31 | 13 | 21 | 36 | 29 | 42 | 38 | |
| Primary caregiver ever attended school | 0·19 | ||||||
| No | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | |
| Yes | 60 | 98 | 118 | 94 | 101 | 91 | |
| Maximum education level of primary caregiver | 0·04 | ||||||
| Did not attend school | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 9 | |
| Primary school (1st–6th grade) | 46 | 75 | 104 | 83 | 93 | 84 | |
| Secondary school (7th–9th grade) | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 3 | |
| Career/diversified | 9 | 15 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 5 | |
| University | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Marital status of primary caregiver | 0·75 | ||||||
| Cohabiting | 26 | 43 | 63 | 50 | 54 | 49 | |
| Married | 21 | 34 | 42 | 33 | 33 | 30 | |
| Single/divorced/separated/widowed | 14 | 23 | 21 | 17 | 24 | 22 | |
| Age at first birth of primary caregiver/mother (years) | 0·78 | ||||||
| ≤22 | 49 | 80 | 102 | 81 | 94 | 85 | |
| 23–30 | 11 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 13 | 12 | |
| ≥31 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| Total number of pregnancies | 0·16 | ||||||
| 1 | 24 | 39 | 35 | 28 | 30 | 27 | |
| 2 | 14 | 23 | 28 | 22 | 18 | 16 | |
| ≥3 | 23 | 38 | 63 | 50 | 63 | 57 | |
| Total number of live children | 0·21 | ||||||
| 1 | 26 | 43 | 39 | 31 | 34 | 31 | |
| 2 | 14 | 23 | 29 | 23 | 20 | 18 | |
| ≥3 | 20 | 33 | 57 | 45 | 57 | 51 | |
| Missing | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | |
| Number of people living in home | 0·20 | ||||||
| ≤4 | 17 | 28 | 24 | 19 | 18 | 16 | |
| 5–8 | 31 | 51 | 70 | 56 | 55 | 50 | |
| ≥9 | 13 | 21 | 32 | 25 | 38 | 34 | |
| Number of adults living in home | 0·57 | ||||||
| ≤2 | 28 | 46 | 60 | 48 | 63 | 57 | |
| 3–5 | 28 | 46 | 56 | 44 | 39 | 35 | |
| ≥6 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 8 | |
| Other people's children live/eat in interviewee's home | 0·42 | ||||||
| No | 45 | 74 | 87 | 69 | 71 | 64 | |
| Yes | 16 | 26 | 39 | 31 | 40 | 36 | |
| Provider of money to buy food for household | 0·07 | ||||||
| Mother of child | 8 | 13 | 29 | 23 | 22 | 20 | |
| Grandfather/grandmother of child | 10 | 16 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 7 | |
| Father of child/current spouse or partner | 38 | 62 | 71 | 56 | 67 | 60 | |
| Other legal guardian | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 10 | |
| Other | 4 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | |
| Primary caregiver was employed at study entry | 0·74 | ||||||
| No | 54 | 89 | 113 | 90 | 101 | 91 | |
| Yes | 7 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 8 | |
| Missing | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
*P values are two-sided and based on Fisher's exact test of table probability for each item.