Table 2.
Food insecurity (before and during COVID-19) in all the households with children with and without disabilities (n = 97)
| Food insecurity | Households with children without disabilities (n = 49) n (%) |
Households with children with disabilities (n = 48) n (%) |
P valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
| Before the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| Food secure | 41 (83.67%) | 25 (52.08%) | <.001 |
| Food insecure | 8 (16.33%) | 23 (47.92%) | |
| During the COVID-19 pandemic | |||
| Food secure | 36 (73.47%) | 25 (52.08%) | .029 |
| Food insecure | 13 (26.53%) | 23 (47.92%) |
Definition: Food insecurity was defined using the revised and adapted Spanish translation of the USDA Economic Research Service’s US Household Food Security Survey Module (14).
a
P values were calculated using Pearson’s chi-square test.