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Published in final edited form as: J Acad Nutr Diet. 2016 Sep 7;117(1):48–57. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2016.07.010

Table 7. The association between informal sources of food, maternal behaviors and family demographics and risk of Household Food Insecurity ^a in low income families in two urban Rhode Island communities (N=152).

	Adjusted Odds Ratio [95% Confidence Interval]	P value
Family Demographics
Number of children in the household	1.28 [0.87-1.91]	.29
Maternal age (years)	1.10 [1.03-1.17]	< .006
Maternal education (years)	0.89 [0.77-1.03]	.135
Spanish only spoken in the household^b	3.57 [1.25-10.18]	<.02
Number of informal sources of food (i.e. borrowing, pooling, trading)	1.98 [1.28-3.07]	< .03
Food Shopping Strategies (number)	1.17 [0.92-1.49]	.102
Perceived inability to manage resources	1.60 [1.30-1.98]	<.000

Results based on a Multivariate Logistic regression, controlling for all variables listed in the table.

Spanish only vs English and English/Spanish combined

Table 7. The association between informal sources of food, maternal behaviors and family demographics and risk of Household Food Insecurity a in low income families in two urban Rhode Island communities (N=152).