TABLE 5—
Results of Logistic Regression Measuring the Association Between Cutting Down of the Size of Children’s Meals and Household Crowding and Household Overcrowding in Models Unadjusted and Adjusted for Participants’ Socioeconomic Characteristics: Nunavik Child Development Study, Quebec, 2005–2010
| Model 1,a OR (95% CI) | Model 2,b AOR (95% CI) | Model 3,c AOR (95% CI) | Model 4,d AOR (95% CI) | Model 5,e AOR (95% CI) | |
| Household crowding | |||||
| Household crowding (no. of people per room) | 3.73*** (1.96, 7.12) | 3.11** (1.61, 6.20) | 2.98** (1.52, 5.85) | 3.00** (1.54, 5.87) | 2.66* (1.26, 5.59) |
| Socioeconomic status via Hollingshead Indexf | 0.97* (0.95, 1.00) | ||||
| Occupational status | |||||
| No occupation (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Unskilled laborers/semiskilled | 0.68 (0.32, 1.42) | 0.73 (0.32, 1.66) | |||
| Skilled craftsmen, clerical, sales | 0.45 (0.20, 1.01) | 0.52 (0.21, 1.26) | |||
| Technical, small business | 0.32* (0.11, 0.98) | 0.39 (0.12, 1.27) | |||
| Professionals | 0.25** (0.09, 0.65) | 0.27* (0.09, 0.80) | |||
| Social assistance | |||||
| Working, not receiving welfare (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Not working, not receiving welfare | 1.83 (0.91, 3.69) | 1.61 (0.78, 3.32) | |||
| Not working, receiving welfare | 4.25** (1.43, 12.61) | 2.25 (0.69, 7.36) | |||
| Marital status | |||||
| Not in a relationship (Ref) | 1.00 | ||||
| In a relationship | 0.65 (0.34, 1.27) | ||||
| Coast of residence | |||||
| Hudson Bay (Ref) | 1.00 | ||||
| Ungava Bay | 1.07 (0.55, 2.07) | ||||
| Household overcrowding | |||||
| Household overcrowding (> 1 person per room) | 2.41** (1.34, 4.34) | 2.23** (1.23, 4.06) | 2.19* (1.19, 4.02) | 2.13* (1.16, 3.92) | 2.03* (1.03, 3.99) |
| Socioeconomic status via Hollingshead Index | 0.96** (0.94, 0.99) | ||||
| Occupational status | |||||
| No occupation (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Unskilled laborers/semiskilled | 0.71 (0.34, 1.48) | 0.77 (0.34, 1.74) | |||
| Skilled craftsmen, clerical, sales | 0.40* (0.18, 0.90) | 0.48 (0.20, 1.17) | |||
| Technical, small business | 0.29* (0.10, 0.87) | 0.37 (0.12, 1.17) | |||
| Professionals | 0.21** (0.08, 0.55) | 0.25* (0.09, 0.72) | |||
| Social assistance | |||||
| Working, not receiving welfare (Ref) | 1.00 | 1.00 | |||
| Not working, not receiving welfare | 2.04* (1.03, 4.02) | 1.70 (0.83, 3.49) | |||
| Not working, receiving welfare | 4.33** (1.46, 12.84) | 2.13 (0.65, 6.93) | |||
| Marital status | |||||
| Not in a relationship (Ref) | 1.00 | ||||
| In a relationship | 0.61 (0.31, 1.20) | ||||
| Coast of residence | |||||
| Hudson Bay (Ref) | 1.00 | ||||
| Ungava Bay | 0.99 (0.52, 1.91) | ||||
Note. AOR = adjusted odds ratio; CI = confidence interval; OR = odds ratio.
Unadjusted model (sample size = 281; missing data: 11 observations, 3.8%).
Model 1 adjusted for Hollingshead Index (sample size = 281; missing data: 11 observations, 3.8%).
Model 1 adjusted for occupational status (sample size = 281; missing data: 11 observations, 3.8%).
Model 1 adjusted for social assistance (sample size = 266; missing data: 26 observations, 8.1%).
Model 1 adjusted for occupational status, social assistance, coast of residence, and marital status (sample size = 265; missing data: 27 observations, 9.2%).
Hollingshead Index is based on the level of educational attainment of both parents and the degree of social prestige associated with the type of occupation of each parent.
*P < .05; **P < .01; ***P < .001.