Table 2.
Associations between household food insecurity and socio-demographic characteristics.
| Socio-Demographic Characteristics | Category | Food Insecure n = 199, (%) |
Food Secure n = 219, (%) |
Test of Significance | p-Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | χ2 = 5.68, df = 1 | p = 0.017 | |||
| 13–16 years | 115 (57.8) | 101 (46.1) | |||
| 17–19 Years | 84 (42.2) | 118 (53.9) | |||
| Religion | χ2 = 0.82, df = 1 | p = 0.365 | |||
| Hindu | 194 (97.5) | 210 (95.9) | |||
| Muslim | 5 (2.5) | 9 (4.1) | |||
| Caste/Ethnicity | χ2 = 24.79, df = 2 | p < 0.001 | |||
| General (upper caste group) | 11 (5.5) | 49 (22.4) | |||
| OBC (other backward caste) | 83 (41.7) | 74 (33.8) | |||
| SC (schedule caste)/ST (schedule tribes) | 105 (52.8) | 96 (43.8) | |||
| Type of family | χ2 = 5.02, df = 1 | p = 0.025 | |||
| Nuclear | 166 (83.4) | 163 (74.4) | |||
| Joint | 33 (16.6) | 56 (25.6) | |||
| Head of family | χ2 = 1.00, df = 1 | p = 0.987 | |||
| Female | 21 (10.6) | 23 (10.5) | |||
| Male | 178 (89.4) | 196 (89.5) | |||
| Number of people in family | χ2 = 11.69, df = 1 | p < 0.001 | |||
| ≤4 | 26 (13.1) | 58 (26.5) | |||
| >4 | 173 (86.9) | 161 (73.5) | |||
| Number of siblings | χ2 = 11.47, df = 1 | p < 0.001 | |||
| ≤2 | 38 (19.1) | 74 (33.8) | |||
| >2 | 161 (80.9) | 145 (66.2) | |||
| Year resident in a Slum | χ2 = 3.23, df = 1 | p = 0.072 | |||
| ≤30 year | 196 (98.5) | 209 (95.4) | |||
| >30 year | 3 (1.5) | 10 (4.6) | |||
| Education of subject | χ2 = 20.35, df = 1 | p < 0.0001 | |||
| Primary and lower | 93 (46.7) | 56 (25.6) | |||
| Secondary and more | 106 (53.3) | 163 (74.4) | |||
| Education of mother | χ2 = 61.34, df = 1 | p < 0.0001 | |||
| Primary and lower | 169 (87.1) | 109 (50.9) | |||
| Secondary and more | 25 (12.9) | 105 (49.1) | |||
| Education of father | χ2 = 38.38, df = 1 | p < 0.00001 | |||
| Primary and lower | 106 (60.6) | 59 (28.9) | |||
| Secondary and more | 69 (39.4) | 145 (71.1) | |||
| Occupation of subjects | χ2 = 16.61, df = 1 | p < 0.001 | |||
| Student | 157 (78.9) | 203 (92.7) | |||
| Working outside (service, business, labor) | 42 (21.1) | 16 (7.3) | |||
| Occupation of mother (n = 408) | χ2 = 4.84, df = 1 | p = 0.028 | |||
| Home maker | 142 (73.2) | 176 (82.2) | |||
| Working outside (service, business, labor) | 52 (26.8) | 38 (17.8) | |||
| Occupation of father (n = 379) | χ2 = 44.59, df = 1 | p < 0.001 | |||
| Service/business | 86 (49.1) | 169 (82.8) | |||
| agriculture/labour | 89 (50.9) | 35 (17.2) | |||
| Family income | χ2 = 220.79, df = 2 | p < 0.00001 | |||
| 1st tercile | 141 (70.9) | 15 (6.8) | |||
| 2nd tercile | 52 (26.1) | 71 (32.4) | |||
| 3rd tercile | 6 (3.0) | 133 (60.7) |