TABLE 2.
Characteristics of respondents at the 10 universities participating in the study1
| University | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | P value |
| Food security status | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
| Food secure | 212 (61.5) | 3138 (70.3) | 27 (48.2) | 439 (63.4) | 588 (53.8) | 4086 (77.3) | 360 (63.3) | 127 (52.7) | 269 (65.0) | 271 (53.4) | |
| Food insecure | 133 (38.6) | 1325 (29.7) | 29 (51.8) | 253 (36.6) | 505 (46.2) | 1176 (22.4) | 209 (36.7) | 114 (47.3) | 145 (35.0) | 236 (46.6) | |
| Gender | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
| Male | 78 (23.4) | 1475 (33.5) | 7 (13.7) | 190 (28.7) | 304 (29.2) | 1385 (27.4) | 173 (30.7) | 45 (20.4) | 90 (22.2) | 113 (24.9) | |
| Female | 255 (76.6) | 2925 (66.5) | 44 (86.3) | 472 (86.3) | 739 (70.8) | 3675 (72.6) | 391 (69.3) | 175 (79.6) | 315 (77.8) | 340 (75.1) | |
| Race | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
| White | 276 (84.2) | 3551 (81.7) | 39 (76.5) | 552 (87.3) | 925 (88.4) | 3459 (68.8) | 421 (74.9) | 93 (42.3) | 268 (66.3) | 357 (80.4) | |
| Minority | 52 (15.9) | 798 (18.3) | 12 (23.5) | 80 (12.7) | 121 (11.6) | 1570 (31.2) | 141 (25.1) | 127 (57.7) | 136 (33.7) | 87 (19.6) | |
| Marital status | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
| Married | 75 (22.5) | 469 (10.6) | 8 (15.7) | 38 (5.7) | 51 (4.8) | 610 (12.0) | 57 (10.0) | 28 (12.8) | 35 (8.6) | 38 (8.4) | |
| Not married | 258 (77.5) | 3964 (89.4) | 43 (84.3) | 627 (94.3) | 1002 (95.2) | 4488 (88.0) | 511 (90.0) | 191 (87.2) | 372 (91.4) | 413 (91.6) | |
| Dependents | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
| Yes | 40 (12.0) | 201 (4.5) | 7 (13.7) | 15 (2.3) | 20 (1.9) | 220 (4.3) | 26 (4.6) | 23 (10.4) | 23 (5.7) | 17 (3.7) | |
| No | 293 (88) | 4232 (95.5) | 44 (86.3) | 650 (97.7) | 1035 (98.1) | 4881 (95.7) | 540 (95.4) | 197 (89.6) | 384 (94.3) | 437 (96.3) | |
| Academic year | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
| Freshman | 8 (2.4) | 1089 (24.9) | 9 (17.7) | 154 (23.5) | 18 (1.7) | 841 (16.6) | 117 (20.7) | 42 (19.2) | 86 (21.5) | 140 (21.3) | |
| Sophomore | 74 (22.7) | 689 (15.7) | 8 (15.7) | 87 (13.3) | 297 (28.3) | 650 (12.9) | 113 (20.1) | 38 (17.3) | 82 (20.5) | 70 (15.6) | |
| Junior | 80 (24.5) | 743 (17.0) | 10 (19.6) | 121 (18.5) | 270 (25.7) | 757 (15.0) | 121 (21.5) | 55 (25.1) | 88 (22.0) | 91 (20.3) | |
| Senior | 82 (25.2) | 684 (15.7) | 6 (11.7) | 155 (23.7) | 313 (29.8) | 753 (14.9) | 96 (17.0) | 65 (29.7) | 127 (31.8) | 97 (21.6) | |
| Graduate student | 82 (25.2) | 1162 (26.6) | 18 (35.3) | 138 (21.1) | 151 (14.4) | 2069 (40.7) | 117 (20.7) | 19 (8.7) | 17 (4.2) | 50 (11.2) | |
| International student | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
| Yes | 1 (0.3) | 246 (5.6) | 2 (3.9) | 35 (5.3) | 8 (0.8) | 302 (5.9) | 23 (4.1) | 1 (0.4) | 5 (1.2) | 13 (2.9) | |
| No | 329 (99.7) | 4151 (94.4) | 49 (94.7) | 621 (94.7) | 1045 (99.2) | 4785 (94.1) | 540 (95.9) | 219 (99.6) | 402 (98.8) | 435 (97.1) | |
| Student status | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
| Part time | 47 (14.4) | 311 (7.1) | 5 (9.8) | 16 (2.5) | 46 (4.4) | 266 (5.2) | 38 (6.7) | 18 (8.3) | 23 (5.7) | 36 (8.0) | |
| Full time | 280 (85.6) | 4055 (92.9) | 46 (90.2) | 615 (97.5) | 1005 (95.6) | 4819 (94.8) | 527 (93.3) | 200 (91.7) | 383 (94.3) | 412 (92.0) | |
| Employment | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
| Unemployed | 97 (29.6) | 1770 (40.6) | 13 (25.5) | 277 (43.8) | 386 (36.9) | 2005 (39.6) | 264 (46.5) | 88 (40.0) | 168 (41.5) | 175 (39.2) | |
| Employed | 231 (70.4) | 2585 (59.4) | 38 (74.5) | 355 (56.2) | 660 (63.1) | 3055 (60.4) | 304 (53.5) | 132 (60.0) | 237 (58.5) | 271 (60.8) | |
| Housing | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
| On campus | 109 (33.2) | 1482 (34.0) | 19 (37.2) | 203 (32.1) | 253 (24.2) | 1837 (36.2) | 179 (31.5) | 102 (47.2) | 121 (29.7) | 213 (47.8) | |
| Off campus | 219 (66.8) | 2876 (66.0) | 32 (62.8) | 429 (67.9) | 794 (75.8) | 3232 (63.8) | 389 (68.5) | 114 (52.8) | 286 (70.3) | 233 (52.2) | |
| Car ownership | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
| Yes | 297 (90.6) | 3645 (83.7) | 48 (94.1) | 452 (71.5) | 877 (83.8) | 3293 (65.0) | 501 (88.5) | 163 (75.5) | 323 (79.6) | 358 (80.8) | |
| No | 31 (9.4) | 710 (16.3) | 3 (5.9) | 180 (28.5) | 170 (16.2) | 1772 (35.0) | 65 (11.5) | 53 (24.5) | 83 (20.4) | 85 (19.2) | |
| Use of public transportation | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
| Yes | 34 (10.4) | 1287 (29.6) | 0 (0.0) | 401 (63.4) | 664 (63.5) | 3695 (73.0) | 136 (24.1) | 6 (2.8) | 205 (50.5) | 89 (20.1) | |
| No | 294 (89.6) | 3068 (70.4) | 51 (100.0) | 231 (36.6) | 383 (36.5) | 1367 (27.0) | 429 (75.9) | 208 (97.2) | 201 (49.5) | 354 (79.9) | |
| Financial aid | <0.0001 | ||||||||||
| Yes | 223 (68.0) | 3128 (73.2) | 47 (92.2) | 508 (80.4) | 674 (64.5) | 3266 (64.5) | 422 (64.4) | 164 (76.6) | 280 (69.1) | 295 (67.3) | |
| No | 105 (32.0) | 1144 (26.8) | 4 (7.8) | 124 (19.6) | 371 (35.5) | 1797 (35.5) | 145 (25.6) | 50 (23.4) | 125 (30.9) | 143 (32.7) | |
1
All values are n (%) unless otherwise indicated.