Table 1.
Distribution of maternal characteristics overall and prevalence of food insecurity by maternal characteristics, Oregon PRAMS-2 2006–2008
| Maternal characteristics | Total |
Food insecure |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unweighted N | % | (95 % CI) | % | (95 % CI) | |
| Overall | 1,522 | 11.7 | (9.0, 14.5) | ||
| Age, years | |||||
| 18–24 | 387 | 27.1 | (23.5, 30.6) | 15.1 | (9.0, 21.3) |
| 25–34 | 866 | 59.2 | (55.5, 63.0) | 11.3 | (7.9, 14.7) |
| 35–55 | 269 | 13.7 | (11.3, 16.0) | 7.1 | (2.2, 12.1) |
| Nativity | |||||
| Non-US born | 403 | 21.5 | (19.0, 23.9) | 7.3 | (3.4, 11.1) |
| US born | 1,119 | 78.8 | (76.1, 81.0) | 13.0 | (9.7, 16.3) |
| Race/ethnicity | |||||
| White, non-Hispanic | 735 | 76.9 | (76.1, 77.6) | 11.9 | (8.5, 15.4) |
| Hispanic | 219 | 14.2 | (13.6, 14.9) | 10.8 | (6.4, 15.3) |
| Asian/Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic | 233 | 5.3 | (5.0, 5.5) | 5.8 | (2.5, 9.1) |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 151 | 2.1 | (1.9, 2.2) | 20.3 | (13.1, 27.5) |
| American Indian/Alaska Native, non-Hispanic | 184 | 1.5 | (1.4, 1.6) | 19.4 | (13.4, 25.3) |
| Marital status | |||||
| Married | 1,128 | 72.7 | (69.2, 76.2) | 7.4 | (4.9, 9.9) |
| Unmarried | 394 | 27.3 | (23.8, 30.8) | 23.3 | (16.4, 30.3) |
| Education | |||||
| <12th grade | 164 | 10.2 | (8.2, 12.2) | 8.8 | (2.7, 14.9) |
| 12th grade or GED | 315 | 23.9 | (20.4, 27.4) | 22.7 | (15.0, 30.3) |
| >12th grade | 1,043 | 65.9 | (62.2, 69.5) | 8.2 | (5.5, 11.0) |
| Poverty status | |||||
| ≤100 % of poverty level | 416 | 25.1 | (22.0, 28.4) | 25.4 | (18.2, 32.5) |
| 100–185 % of poverty level | 309 | 22.1 | (18.8, 25.4) | 14.0 | (7.8, 20.3) |
| >185 % of poverty level | 797 | 52.8 | (49.1, 56.5) | 4.3 | (1.9, 6.6) |
| Depressive symptoms | |||||
| No | 1,240 | 81.0 | (78.0, 84.0) | 8.0 | (5.4, 10.6) |
| Yes | 282 | 19.0 | (16.0, 22.0) | 27.8 | (19.5, 36.1) |