TABLE 2.

Variables Associated With Insecure Housing, by Housing Group: Children Younger Than 3 Years, 7 US Cities, 1998–2007

	Secure Housing (Ref)		Crowding			Multiple Moves
Variables	Unadjusted No. (%)	AOR (95% CI)	Unadjusted No. (%)	AOR (95% CI)	P	Unadjusted No. (%)	AOR (95% CI)	P
Household food insecurity (n = 22 069)	1052 (9)	1.0	1060 (12)	1.30 (1.18, 1.43)	< .001	166 (16)	1.91 (1.59, 2.28)	< .001
Child food insecurity (n = 22 069)	872 (7)	1.0	1513 (17)	1.47 (1.34, 1.63)	< .001	204 (19)	2.56 (2.13, 3.08)	< .001
Caregiver report of fair/poor child health (n = 22 069)	1313 (11)	1.0	1193 (13)	1.07 (0.98, 1.18)	.14	192 (18)	1.48 (1.25, 1.76)	< .001
Caregiver report of child developmental risk (after 2004, n = 7345)	621 (14)	1.0	355 (14)	1.06 (0.91, 1.23)	.49	96 (22)	1.71 (1.33, 2.21)	< .001

Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval. Analyses are adjusted for site, race/ethnicity, US-born mother, marital status, maternal age, education, mean child's age, mean number of children in the home, household employment, breastfeeding, and low birth weight. Secure housing is the referent group.