Table 1.
Food Insecurity (%) by Socio-Economic Characteristics, 2012–2013.
| Food Secure | Insecure: Depletion | Insecure: Depletion & Intake | Food Insecure 1 | Unweighted n = | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | ||||||||
| 45–54 | 76.3 | - | 14.2 | - | 9.5 | - | 23.7 | 435 |
| 55–64 | 82.6 | 9.8 | 7.6 | 17.4 | 356 | |||
| 65–74 | 80.6 | 11.0 | 8.4 | 19.4 | 200 | |||
| 75+ | 89.7 | 8.7 | 1.6 | 10.3 | 71 | |||
| Self-Reported Health | ||||||||
| Excellent or Good | 81.4 | - | 9.9 | - | 8.7 | - | 18.6 | 667 |
| Fair or Poor | 76.1 | * | 16 | 7.9 | * | 23.9 | 395 | |
| Language & Remoteness | ||||||||
| Non-remote | 81.3 | - | 10.6 | - | 8.1 | - | 18.7 | 451 |
| Remote-English | 80.9 | 11.6 | 7.4 | 19.0 | 374 | |||
| Remote-Indigenous 2 | 62.7 | *** | 25.1 | *** | 12.2 | *** | 37.3 | 236 |
| Household Income 3 | ||||||||
| Lowest 20% | 69.1 | - | 16.7 | - | 14.3 | - | 31.0 | 472 |
| 20–40% | 86.9 | ** | 7.9 | 5.2 | * | 13.1 | 215 | |
| 40–60% | 90.5 | *** | 5.0 | ** | 4.5 | * | 9.5 | 109 |
| 60–80% | 84.1 | *** | 7.1 | *** | 8.8 | *** | 15.9 | 77 |
| 80–100% | 94.7 | *** | 5.3 | *** | 0.0 | *** | 5.3 | 57 |
| Unknown | 77.1 | 18.9 | 3.9 | 22.8 | 132 | |||
| Household Composition | ||||||||
| Aboriginal only | 72.1 | - | 15.6 | - | 11.9 | - | 27.5 | 779 |
| Aboriginal and Non 4 | 92.6 | *** | 5.4 | *** | 2.0 | *** | 7.4 | 283 |
| Smoker Status | ||||||||
| Yes | 68.8 | - | 16.1 | - | 15.1 | - | 31.2 | 420 |
| No | 86.9 | *** | 9.4 | * | 3.7 | ** | 13.1 | 642 |
| Household Size | ||||||||
| 1 | 75.1 | - | 14.6 | - | 10.3 | - | 24.9 | 422 |
| 2 | 88.3 | ** | 7.5 | * | 4.2 | * | 11.7 | 413 |
| 3–4 | 72.8 | 14.1 | 13.2 | 27.3 | 176 | |||
| 5+ | 68.1 | * | 24.0 | * | 7.9 | 31.9 | 51 | |
| Marital Status | ||||||||
| Female, Unmarried | 65.4 | - | 17.7 | - | 16.9 | - | 34.6 | 393 |
| Female, Married | 90.5 | *** | 5.7 | *** | 3.7 | ** | 9.4 | 225 |
| Male, Unmarried | 79.3 | * | 13.6 | 7.0 | 20.6 | 247 | ||
| Male, Married | 87.3 | *** | 9.7 | 9.7 | *** | 19.4 | 197 | |
| Non-school Qual 5 | ||||||||
| Yes | 79.2 | - | 11.4 | - | 9.4 | - | 20.8 | 370 |
| No | 79.6 | * | 12.7 | 7.7 | 20.4 | 692 | ||
| Weighted 45+ (%) | 79.5 | 12.2 | 8.4 | 20.6 | ||||
| Unweighted 45+ (%) | 78.2 | 13.5 | 8.3 | 21.8 | ||||
| Unweighted (n) | 831 | 143 | 88 | 231 | 1062 |
1 Includes respondents indicating food insecurity with food depletion and those indicating food insecurity with food depletion and inadequate intake; 2 Indigenous language; 3 Equivalized household income (to allow for welfare comparisons across households of different sizes) placed into quintiles; 4 Non-Indigenous household members present; 5 Has received post-school education or training; *** p < 0.001, ** p < 0.01, * p < 0.05; - omitted category for tests of proportions. Weighted estimates.