TABLE 2—

Covariates of the Probability That Food Pantry Clients Receive Food Stamps

	Mean (SEM)	% Receiving Food Stamps	Bivariate Odds Ratio	Multivariate OR (95% CI)	P
Overall		14.13
Constant				1.766	.004
Continuous variables
Age, y	42.38 (0.12)			0.971 (0.966, 0.976)	.001
Total income/mo	$584.70 ($102.07)			1.000 (1.0, 1.0)	.358
Housing cost/mo	$514.69 ($1.90)			0.999 (0.999, 0.999)	.001
Education, y	9.85 (0.031)			0.972 (0.949, 0.995)	.019
Binary variables
Single parent, father		15.2	1.18	2.672 (1.068, 6.681)	.036
Single parent, mother		29.3	2.80	2.488 (1.670, 3.706)	.001
English ability		13.8	0.799	1.257 (1.035, 1.527)	.021
Homeless		5.7	0.236	0.217 (0.188, 0.251)	.001

Note. CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio. Model χ² = 723.606. Model significance Nagelkerke R² = 0.139, 0.139.