Table 5.
Food Insecurity status: Associations with Socioeconomic Characteristics.
| Variables | Total n (%) | Food Security | Food Insecurity | Crude OR (95% CI) | Adjusted OR* (95% CI) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n (%) | n (%) | ||||
| INCOME (n = 1384) | |||||
| ≤ 500€ | 950 (64.4) | 614 (67.2) | 336 (32.8) | 4.150 (4.091-4.210) | 4.442 (4.377-4.508) |
| 501€ until 750€ | 208 (15.5) | 177 (89.5) | 31 (10.5) | 1 | 1 |
| 751€ until 1000€ | 89 (9.6) | 81 (94.9) | 8 (5.1) | 0.457 (0.444-0.470) | 0.510 (0.496-0.525) |
| 1001€ until 1500€ | 84 (6.4) | 78 (92.4) | 6 (7.6) | 0.701 (0.681-0.721) | 0.978 (0.950-1.008) |
| ≥1501€ | 53 (4.1) | 51 (89.5) | 2 (10.5) | 1.000 (0.971-1.031) | 1.267 (1.226-1.310) |
| INCOME PERCEPTION (n = 1869) | |||||
| I live comfortably with my current income | 223 (12.4) | 217 (94.6) | 6 (5.4) | 0.688 (0.675-0.702) | 0.774 (0.759-0.790) |
| I can live with my current income | 777 (41.9) | 703 (92.4) | 74 (7.6) | 1 | 1 |
| It is difficult to live with the current income | 585 (30.7) | 359 (65.5) | 226 (34.5) | 6.366 (6.304-6.429) | 6.228 (6.166-6.291) |
| It is very difficult to live with the current income | 284 (14.9) | 92 (42.0) | 192 (58.0) | 16.665 (16.482-16.851) | 15.817 (15.637-15.998) |
*
Adjusted Odds Ratio to gender, age, education level, and health region.
All percentages were weighted for correcting to population representativeness.