Table 5.
Results of the logistic generalized estimating equation (GEE) determining if food insecurity at the end of the semester is associated with number of meals used A after stratifying by gender and meal plan.
| Meal Plan | Number of Students | Number of Data Points | Food Insecure at End of the Semester | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Including Weekends | Excluding Weekends | |||||||
| OR | 95% CI | p. Value | OR | 95% CI | p. Value | |||
| Females | ||||||||
| 8 meals/week | 142 | 201 | 0.9 | (0.8, 1.1) | 0.414 | 0.9 | (0.7, 1.1) | 0.456 |
| 180 meals/semester B | 109 | 136 | 0.9 | (0.8, 1.1) | 0.253 | 0.9 | (0.7, 1.0) | 0.136 |
| 14 meals/week | 133 | 176 | 0.9 | (0.8, 1.1) | 0.467 | 0.9 | (0.7, 1.1) | 0.316 |
| Unlimited meals | 43 | 52 | 1.0 | (0.9, 1.2) | 0.763 | 1.0 | (0.8, 1.3) | 0.943 |
| Males | ||||||||
| 8 meals/week | 33 | 51 | 1.1 | (0.7, 1.6) | 0.766 | 0.9 | (0.6, 1.5) | 0.774 |
| 180 meals/semester B | 36 | 43 | 0.6 | (0.5, 0.8) | 0.002 | 0.6 | (0.4, 0.8) | 0.002 |
| 14 meals/week | 51 | 70 | 0.8 | (0.5, 1.1) | 0.097 | 0.7 | (0.4, 11) | 0.084 |
| Unlimited meals | 43 | 65 | 0.9 | (0.8, 1.1) | 0.381 | 0.9 | (0.7, 1.1) | 0.221 |
A control for food security status at start of semester, campus, semester, and a clustering effect by student were included in the models. Due to the small sample sizes, sex, race/ethnicity, Pell Grant status, first-generation status, and week survey was completed were not included in the models. A Number of meals used is determined by the number of meals used in the 28 days prior to survey completion at the end of the semester and divided by four to obtain an average number of meals per week at the end of the semester. B 180 meals/semester equates to approximately 11 meals per week with consistent use. Bold indicates statistical significance (p < 0.05).