Table 2.

Sociodemographic characteristics associated with food security status among college and university students (n 2377) from seven institutions in Georgia, USA, autumn 2014–autumn 2015

	OR	95 % CI	P value
Type of college/university (ref.=private)
Public	1·28	0·99, 1·66	0·06
HBCU	0·82	0·54, 1·25	0·35
Technical	1·37	0·98, 1·91	0·07
Gender (ref.=male)
Female	1·06	0·86, 1·30	0·61
Age	0·98	0·93, 1·04	0·56
Race/ethnicity (ref.=White)
Black/African American	1·20	0·89, 1·63	0·23
Asian	1·21	0·79, 1·84	0·38
Hispanic	1·30	0·92, 1·85	0·14
Other	1·45	0·88, 2·39	0·15
Parent’s education level (ref.=bachelor’s degree or higher)
High school or less	1·64	1·24, 2·16	0·001
Some college or associate’s degree	1·45	1·16, 1·83	0·001
Employment status (ref.=employed full-time)
Not employed	0·73	0·55, 0·96	0·02
Employed part-time	0·82	0·65, 1·04	0·11
Residence type (ref.=university housing)
Parent’s home	0·91	0·67, 1·23	0·54
Other off-campus housing	1·42	1·08, 1·87	0·01
Children (ref. 0)
≥1	0·73	0·45, 1·18	0·19
Receiving SNAP benefits (ref.=no)
Yes	2·36	1·72, 3·23	<0·0001
Discretionary budget (per month) (ref.=≥$US 601)
≤$US 200	1·89	1·28, 2·80	0·001
$US 201–400	1·50	1·00, 2·26	0·05
$US 401–600	1·05	0·64, 1·73	0·84
Adverse childhood experiences (ref.=0)
1	1·50	1·17, 1·92	0·001
2	1·73	1·29, 2·33	0·0003
3	2·10	1·47, 3·00	<0·0001
≥4	3·12	2·32, 4·20	<0·0001

Ref., reference category; HBCU, Historically Black Colleges and Universities; SNAP, Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.

P<0·05 indicates statistical significance.