Table 2.
examination of the role of food insecurity in predicting breastfeeding status at 2 months of infant’s age after controlling for key sociodemographic variables (n = 92)a.
| Characteristics | Step 1 |
Step 2 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β (SE) | p | OR | β (SE) | p | OR | |
| Constant | −0.14 (0.59) | .819 | 0.873 | 0.20 (0.62) | .754 | 1.216 |
| mother’s age (in years) | 0.09 (0.05) | .095 | 1.096 | 0.10 (0.06) | .077 | 1.109 |
| total household size (adults & children) | −0.28 (0.17) | .085 | 0.753 | −0.31 (0.17) | .069 | 0.731 |
| BmI | 1.77 (0.96) | .065 | 5.881 | 1.79 (0.94) | .057 | 5.975 |
| ethnicity—Hispanic | 1.63 (0.92) | .076 | 5.101 | 2.22 (1.00) | .027 | 9.162 |
| ethnicity—White/other | −1.75 (0.86) | .043 | 0.175 | −1.74 (0.87) | .047 | 0.176 |
| married/living with Partner | 1.43 (0.77) | .064 | 4.179 | 1.72 (0.82) | .036 | 5.604 |
| education | −0.19 (0.60) | .749 | 0.826 | −0.31 (0.63) | .619 | 0.732 |
| Parity | 1.04 (0.67) | .120 | 2.833 | 1.33 (0.70) | .058 | 3.777 |
| food in/security | – | −1.51 (0.67) | .024 | 0.220 | ||
2-step hierarchical binary logistic regression test; mother’s age, monthly household income and household size were continuous variables. BmI or Body Mass Index—overweight/obese BmI (0) vs. Normal weight (1); Ethnicity: African American (referent group), non-Hispanic White and other groups were merged; Marital Status: Single/Divorced (0) vs. married/living with partner; Education: High-School or less education (0) vs. more than high school (1); Parity: Multiparous (0) vs. Nulliparous (1); Food security: (full, 0) vs. mild, moderate or severe insecurity, (1); OR = odds ratio.