Table 5. Bivariate comparison of participant food safety by food security status (n = 262).
Food Secure | Food Secure | P-value | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Characteristic | No | Yes | |||
n (%) | n (%) | ||||
192 (73%) | 70 (27%) | ||||
Access to a refrigerator | |||||
No | 8 | (100) | 0 | (0) | 0.113 |
Yes | 170 | (72) | 65 | (28) | |
Hand washing before food preparation | |||||
All/most of the time | 165 | (72) | 65 | (28) | 0.367 |
Sometimes/rarely | 23 | (82) | 5 | (18) | |
Sick from spoiled/unsafe food, past six months | |||||
No | 140 | (69) | 63 | (31) | 0.009 |
Yes | 46 | (87) | 7 | (13) | |
Physician confirmed food-borne sickness, past six months | |||||
No | 9 | (82) | 2 | (18) | 0.479 |
Yes | 9 | (100) | 0 | (0) |