Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics of eligible SHOW participants and food insecurity prevalence; Survey of the Health of Wisconsin 2008–2014.

	Number*	Prevalence of food insecurity		p-Value
		Percent	95% confidence interval
Overall	2935	12.0	[10.8, 13.2]	–
Age				0.02
21–39	1025	15.0	[11.6, 18.6]
40–59	1335	11.9	[9.0, 14.7]
60–74	575	4.4	[2.8, 6.2]
Sex				0.08
Female	1467	12.9	[10.6, 15.2]
Male	1468	10.6	[8.4, 12.7]
Race				<0.0001
White	2588	10.2	[8.4, 12.0]
Non-white	347	21.4	[14.9, 27.3]
Income				<0.0001
<$20k	375	25.7	[19.1, 31.7]
$20k–45k	717	16.5	[12.5, 20.2]
N45k	1843	6.3	[4.5, 8.2]
Education				0.0008
<High school	200	19.0	[12.3, 26.2]
HS	498	11.4	[7.5, 15.2]
NHS	2237	11.0	[9.1, 13.0]
Neighborhood				0.01
Rural	892	10.6	[6.8, 14.6]
Suburban	506	6.6	[2.3, 11.2]
Urban	1537	13.9	[10.9, 16.7]
Armed forces				0.19
Yes	343	8.5	[4.3, 13.2]
No	2592	12.1	[10.2, 14.1]
Marital status				<0.0001
Married	1991	9.4	[7.1, 11.6]
Not married	944	16.2	[12.5, 19.7]

^*The number shown in the first column represents raw data. The prevalence statistics in the second column have been weighted to account for the cluster sampling method, as described in the methods section.