Table 2.
Socio-demographic characteristics of the sample by food insecurity status, survey-weighted for age, sex, geographic region (SA4) and education (n (%))
| Total sample | Food secure | Marginally food insecure | Moderately food insecure | Severely food insecure | Total food insecurity | P value (χ2) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |||
| Total n 804 | 448 | 55·7 | 56 | 7·0 | 143 | 17·8 | 157 | 19·5 | 356 | 44·3 | ||||
| Sex n 790 | Male | 371 | 47·0 | 236 | 63·6 | 15 | 4·0 | 43 | 11·6 | 77 | 20·8 | 136 | 36·6 | <0·001 |
| Female | 419 | 53·0 | 205 | 48·9 | 41 | 9·8 | 99 | 23·6 | 74 | 17·7 | 214 | 51·1 | ||
| Age category n 803 | 18–24 years | 65 | 8·1 | 5 | 7·7 | 5 | 7·7 | 22 | 33·8 | 33 | 50·8 | 60 | 92·3 | <0·001 |
| 25–34 years | 120 | 14·9 | 49 | 40·8 | 7 | 5·8 | 24 | 20·0 | 40 | 33·3 | 71 | 59·2 | ||
| 35–44 years | 115 | 14·3 | 61 | 53·0 | 11 | 9·6 | 18 | 15·7 | 25 | 21·7 | 54 | 47·0 | ||
| 45–54 years | 138 | 17·2 | 67 | 48·6 | 13 | 9·4 | 30 | 21·7 | 28 | 20·3 | 71 | 51·4 | ||
| 55–64 years | 128 | 15·9 | 80 | 62·5 | 7 | 5·5 | 20 | 15·6 | 21 | 16·4 | 48 | 37·5 | ||
| 65 years or older | 237 | 29·5 | 184 | 77·6 | 13 | 5·5 | 29 | 12·2 | 11 | 4·6 | 54 | 22·7 | ||
| Education n 799 | High School Education | 359 | 44·9 | 191 | 53·2 | 26 | 7·2 | 74 | 20·6 | 68 | 18·9 | 168 | 46·8 | 0·024 |
| TAFE or Diploma Education | 241 | 30·2 | 133 | 55·2 | 11 | 4·6 | 40 | 16·6 | 57 | 23·7 | 108 | 44·8 | ||
| University Education | 199 | 24·9 | 123 | 61·8 | 19 | 9·5 | 29 | 14·6 | 28 | 14·1 | 76 | 38·2 | ||
| SA4 n 791 | Greater Hobart | 347 | 43·9 | 183 | 52·7 | 26 | 7·5 | 58 | 16·7 | 80 | 23·1 | 164 | 47·3 | 0·018 |
| Launceston and North-East | 219 | 27·7 | 127 | 58·0 | 17 | 7·8 | 30 | 13·7 | 45 | 20·5 | 91 | 41·7 | ||
| South-East | 60 | 7·6 | 38 | 63·3 | 6 | 10·0 | 10 | 16·7 | 6 | 10·0 | 23 | 37·7 | ||
| West and North-West | 165 | 20·9 | 96 | 58·2 | 7 | 4·2 | 41 | 24·8 | 21 | 12·7 | 69 | 41·8 | ||
| Rurality n 765 | Inner regional | 492 | 64·3 | 264 | 53·7 | 30 | 6·1 | 94 | 19·1 | 104 | 21·1 | 228 | 46·3 | 0·014 |
| Outer regional | 31 | 4·1 | 23 | 74·2 | 1 | 3·2 | 0 | 0·0 | 7 | 22·6 | 9 | 28·1 | ||
| Rural or remote | 242 | 31·6 | 136 | 56·2 | 25 | 10·3 | 37 | 15·3 | 44 | 18·2 | 106 | 43·8 | ||
| Aboriginality n 792 | Not Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander | 754 | 95·2 | 434 | 57·6 | 54 | 7·2 | 129 | 17·1 | 137 | 18·2 | 320 | 42·4 | <0·001 |
| Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander | 38 | 4·8 | 7 | 18·4 | 2 | 5·3 | 14 | 36·8 | 15 | 39·5 | 31 | 81·6 | ||
| Citizenship n 799 | Australian citizen | 744 | 93·1 | 423 | 56·9 | 51 | 6·9 | 127 | 17·1 | 143 | 19·2 | 321 | 43·1 | <0·001 |
| Permanent resident | 27 | 3·4 | 21 | 77·8 | 0 | 0·0 | 6 | 22·2 | 0 | 0·0 | 6 | 22·2 | ||
| Temporary resident | 28 | 3·5 | 4 | 14·3 | 5 | 17·9 | 10 | 35·7 | 9 | 32·1 | 24 | 85·7 | ||
| Household Composition n 799 | Couple with or without non-dependent child (ren) | 346 | 43·3 | 248 | 71·7 | 17 | 4·9 | 55 | 15·9 | 26 | 7·5 | 97 | 28·1 | <0·001 |
| Person living alone | 180 | 22·5 | 67 | 37·2 | 10 | 5·6 | 37 | 20·6 | 66 | 36·7 | 113 | 62·8 | ||
| Couple with dependent child (ren) | 136 | 17·0 | 80 | 58·8 | 21 | 15·4 | 23 | 16·9 | 12 | 8·8 | 56 | 41·2 | ||
| Single parent with dependent child (ren) | 20 | 2·5 | 7 | 35·0 | 0 | 0·0 | 3 | 15·0 | 10 | 50·0 | 12 | 63·2 | ||
| Multiple family household | 51 | 6·4 | 24 | 47·1 | 3 | 5·9 | 9 | 17·6 | 15 | 29·4 | 26 | 52·0 | ||
| Non-related adults sharing | 36 | 4·5 | 11 | 30·6 | 2 | 5·6 | 14 | 38·9 | 9 | 25·0 | 26 | 70·3 | ||
| Other | 30 | 3·8 | 10 | 33·3 | 3 | 10·0 | 3 | 10·0 | 14 | 46·7 | 20 | 66·7 | ||
| Disability Status n 797 | No Disability | 462 | 58·0 | 301 | 65·2 | 30 | 6·5 | 75 | 16·2 | 56 | 12·1 | 160 | 34·7 | <0·001 |
| Yes, Life impacted a lot | 77 | 9·7 | 25 | 32·5 | 7 | 9·1 | 14 | 18·2 | 31 | 40·3 | 52 | 67·5 | ||
| Yes, Life impacted a little | 258 | 32·4 | 122 | 47·3 | 19 | 7·4 | 55 | 21·3 | 62 | 24·0 | 136 | 52·7 | ||
| Income per week category in AUD n 782 | Negative income | 10 | 1·3 | 7 | 70·0 | 0 | 0·0 | 3 | 30·0 | 0 | 0·0 | 4 | 36·4 | <0·001 |
| $0 | 30 | 3·8 | 16 | 53·3 | 0 | 0·0 | 8 | 26·7 | 6 | 20·0 | 14 | 46·7 | ||
| $1–$499 | 202 | 25·8 | 69 | 34·2 | 14 | 6·9 | 48 | 23·8 | 71 | 35·1 | 133 | 65·8 | ||
| $500–$999 | 193 | 24·7 | 109 | 56·5 | 14 | 7·3 | 29 | 15·0 | 41 | 21·2 | 84 | 43·5 | ||
| $1000–$1499 | 136 | 17·4 | 75 | 55·1 | 8 | 5·9 | 33 | 24·3 | 20 | 14·7 | 60 | 44·4 | ||
| $1500–$1999 | 116 | 14·8 | 81 | 69·8 | 18 | 15·5 | 8 | 6·9 | 9 | 7·8 | 35 | 30·2 | ||
| $2000–$2999 | 70 | 9·0 | 59 | 84·3 | 3 | 4·3 | 8 | 11·4 | 0 | 0·0 | 11 | 15·7 | ||
| $3000 or more | 25 | 3·2 | 23 | 92·0 | 0 | 0·0 | 2 | 8·0 | 0 | 0·0 | 2 | 8·0 | ||
All data presented as n (%): total sample column presents column percentages, and all other columns present row percentages. P value derived from χ2 tests between the food secure, marginally, moderately and severely food-insecure groups. Total food insecurity combines marginally, moderately and severely food-insecure groups. Data survey weighted for age, sex, region (SA4) and education to reflect the Tasmanian Census population.