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. 2024 Mar 22;24:883. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-18240-3

Table 2.

Discrimination Factor and odds of food insecurity

n (%) Food Insecurity
Odds Ratio (95% CI) Unadjusted Model
Food Insecurity
Odds Ratio (95% CI) Adjusted Model
Location of discrimination
At Work
No 91 (63.64) Ref Ref
Yes 52 (36.36) 1.96 (0.92, 4.19) 1.77 (0.79, 3.98)
At School
No 91 (63.64) Ref Ref
Yes 52 (36.36) 2.67 (1.21, 5.88)* 2.81 (1.20, 6.61)*
Housing
No 120 (83.92) Ref Ref
Yes 23 (16.08) 6.76 (1.51, 30.34)* 7.90 (1.93, 32.34)**
Medical
No 115 (80.42) Ref Ref
Yes 28 (19.58) 3.86 (1.25, 11.90)* 3.95 (1.07, 14.67)*
Restaurant
No 86 (60.14) Ref Ref
Yes 57 (39.86) 2.11 (1.00, 4.43)* 2.04 (0.83, 5.02)
Loans
No 123 (86.01) Ref Ref
Yes 20 (13.99) 5.57 (1.23, 25.21)* 3.82 (0.71, 20.53)
On the street
No 87 (60.84) Ref Ref
Yes 56 (39.16) 2.71 (1.26, 5.86)* 3.01 (1.23, 7.34)*
By Police
No 119 (83.22) Ref Ref
Yes 24 (16.78) 15.55 (2.02, 119.88)** 11.76 (1.41, 97.86)*
In Hiring
No 104 (72.73) Ref Ref
Yes 39 (27.27) 4.99 (1.80, 13.83)** 6.81 (1.98, 23.48)**

Adjusted models controlled for race, gender, age and income. Individual discrimination components’’ relationship with food insecurity was assessed with logistic models at p-values of *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001