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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2016 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2014 Aug;25(3):1153–1168. doi: 10.1353/hpu.2014.0145

Table 3.

a–Model 1 for the USDA Food Security Survey Module
Variable Parameter Estimate Standard Error t-value Probability Food Security Categorical Variable Means 95% Confidence Limits
Intercept 0.89 0.41 2.17 0.0306 0.08,1.69
Gender:
Women
Men
−0.22 0.11 −2.03 0.0430
2.04
2.27
−0.44, −0.007
1.80, 2.29
2.02, 2.52
Age 0.01 0.004 2.60 0.0097 0.003,0.02
Preferred Language:
English
Spanish
Mandarin

1.05
0.81
1.58

0.32
0.32
0.34

3.27
2.48
4.63

0.0012
0.0136
< 0.0001

2.34
2.10
2.88

2.15, 2.54
1.90, 2.30
2.59, 3.17
Emergency Medicaid Recipient:
Yes
No
−0.38 0.15 −2.50 0.0128
1.96
2.34
−0.68, −0.08
1.65, 2.28
2.14, 2.55
Has Primary Care Provider:
Yes
No
0.41 0.12 3.52 0.0005
2.36
1.95
0.18, 0.64
2.11, 2.61
1.70, 2.20
Gastrointestinal Cancer:
Yes
No
−0.26 0.13 −1.91 0.0574
2.03
2.28
−0.52, 0.008
1.73, 2.32
2.07, 2.50
b – Revised Model 1 for the USDA Food Security Survey Module
Variable Parameter Estimate Standard Error t-value Probability Food Security Categorical Variable Means 95% Confidence Limits
Intercept 1.57 0.40 3.90 0.0001 0.78,2.36
Age 0.01 0.004 2.20 0.0283 0.001,0.02
Preferred Language:
English
Spanish
Mandarin

0.95
0.83
1.28

0.30
0.31
0.33

3.11
2.68
3.90

0.0020
0.0077
0.0001

2.57
2.45
2.90

2.39, 2.76
2.25, 2.66
2.63, 3.18
Emergency Medicaid Recipient:
Yes
No
−0.46 0.15 −3.11 0.0020
2.16
2.62
−0.74, −0.17
1.86, 2.46
2.43, 2.80
Has Primary Care Provider:
Yes
No
0.33 0.11 2.94 0.0035
2.55
2.23
0.11, 0.55
2.32, 2.78
1.99, 2.46
Patient Has Less Money for Food Since Starting Cancer Treatment:
Yes
No
−0.79 0.12 −6.54 < 0.0001
1.99
2.79
−1.03, −0.55
1.79, 2.20
2.52, 3.05