Table 4.

Factors Associated with Fast-Food Sources Use Frequency (≥ 1 Times/Week) among Low-Income African American Adults Living in Baltimore City (n = 295).

	Unadjusted		Adjusted
	OR	95% CI	OR	95% CI
Healthy food beliefs and attitudes scale	0.96	[0.92, 1.01]	0.95*	[0.90, 0.99]
Affordability	0.99	[0.92, 1.08]	0.99	[0.90, 1.08]
Convenience	0.93	[0.82, 1.04]	0.90	[0.79, 1.02]
Importance	0.84*	[0.74, 0.96]	0.79**	[0.68, 0.91]
Tastes good	1.02	[0.80,1.30]	0.98	[0.75, 1.28]
Food-related psychosocial factors scale
Food and nutrition knowledge	0.97	[0.85, 1.11]	0.88	[0.75, 1.03]
Intentions on healthy eating	0.95	[0.90, 1.01]	0.93*	[0.88, 0.99]
Healthy eating self-efficacy	0.93*	[0.88, 0.99]	0.92*	[0.86, 0.99]
Number of times getting food from:
Farmers market	1.03	[0.80, 1.32]	0.93	[0.70, 1.23]
Corner store	1.05**	[1.02, 1.07]	1.06***	[1.02, 1.09]
Sit-down restaurant	1.60***	[1.27, 1.98]	1.53**	[1.20, 1.93]
Specialty store	1.00	[0.94, 1.07]	0.98	[0.93, 1.05]
Convenience store	1.06*	[1.01, 1.11]	1.06*	[1.01, 1.12]
Supermarket or grocery store	1.06*	[1.01, 1.11]	1.06	[0.99, 1.12]
Food acquisition score (yes/no)
Healthy food acquisition	1.00	[0.95, 1.06]	1.00	[0.94, 1.07]
Less-healthy food acquisition	1.13***	[1.06, 1.21]	1.17***	[1.09, 1.26]

Note. Multiple logistic regression analysis adjusted for employment status (unemployed), poverty status, education level (< high school degree), BMI (kg/m²), sex (female), age (years), participation in food assistance programs (SNAP and WIC). Fast-food sources = carryout and/or fast-food restaurants; BMI = body mass index; WIC = The Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children; SNAP = Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; OR = odds ratio; CI = confidence interval.

^*p < .05;

^**p < .01;

^***p < .001 for differences between groups.