TABLE 3.

Odds of using food sources by food security status among shoppers in communities of low income and low food access (n= 513)

Food Source	Odds Ratio (Referent = high food security) Odds for having used the source by food security category
Got food from any of the following places, past yeara	Marginal Food Security				Low Food Security				Very Low Food Security
	OR	95% CI		P	OR	95% CI		P	OR	95% CI		P
		lower	upper			lower	upper			lower	upper
Church/social services food box or basket	2.55	1.36	4.78	.004	2.75	1.52	4.96	<.001	2.89	1.57	4.78	<.001
Food bank or food pantry	4.08	2.06	8.06	<.001	3.30	1.74	6.27	<.001	5.94	3.06	11.53	<.001
Farmers’ marketb	.85	.46	1.57	.60	1.19	.68	2.11	.54	1.15	.64	2.11	.60
Family, friend, neighbor	1.57	.76	3.22	.22	2.16	1.11	4.22	.02	4.03	2.16	7.90	<.001
Soup kitchen or shelter	2.74	1.17	6.41	.02	1.25	.53	2.94	.61	3.56	1.56	8.09	<.01
Hunted, fished, trapped	.82	.39	1.77	.62	.97	.48	1.94	.93	.96	.46	1.97	.90
Community, school, church garden	3.95	.84	18.52	.08	5.01	1.13	22.28	.03	5.03	1.12	22.65	.04
Your own garden or animals	1.74	.69	4.39	.24	.79	.31	2.05	.63	0.86	.32	2.27	.75
Senior center meals	1.33	.41	4.27	.63	1.83	.63	5.33	.27	1.29	.42	3.99	.66
Home-delivered meals	1.73	.30	9.89	.54	1.56	.30	8.58	.61	3.66	.73	18.33	.11
Households with childrenb
Free or reduced school breakfast or lunch	1.09	.31	3.83	.90	1.19	.38	3.73	.77	1.23	.37	4.09	.73

Notes. Models adjusted for gender, race, educational level, number people shopped for in household, and household income.

^aLogistic regression convergence criteria were not satisfied for two items because of poor distribution and/or small numbers of “yes” responses in some food security categories: food provided free at work and food at an afterschool or summer program for children.

^bHouseholds with one or more children, n = 171