Table 1.
Descriptive statistics of Greenlight Cohort by Food Insecurity Status
| Characteristics | Overall (n=842) |
Food Secure (n=465) |
Food Insecure (n=377) |
p-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infant age (mean months (SD)) | 2.3 (0.4) | 2.33(0.4) | 2.3(0.5) | 0.78a |
| Infant sex | ||||
| Female | 430 (51%) | 231(50%) | 199(53%) | 0.37b |
| Child Insurance | ||||
| Medicaid | 726(86%) | 371(79%) | 355(94%) | <0.001b |
| Private Insurance | 90(11%) | 82(17%) | 8(2%) | |
| None | 26(3%) | 12(3%) | 14(4%) | |
| No. Adults(>18yrs) in Household | 0.02b | |||
| 1 | 85(10%) | 39(8%) | 46(12%) | |
| 2 | 480(57%) | 284(61%) | 196(51%) | |
| 3 or more | 277(33%) | 142(31%) | 135(36%) | |
| No. Children (=<18yrs) in Household | ||||
| 1 | 335 (40%) | 194 (42%) | 141 (37%) | 0.08b |
| 2 | 254 (30%) | 146 (31%) | 108 (29%) | |
| 3 or more | 253 (30%) | 125 (27%) | 128 (34%) | |
| Caregiver relationship to child | ||||
| Mother | 806 (96%) | 447 (96%) | 359 (96%) | 0.77b |
| Father | 34 (4%) | 18 (4%) | 16 (4%) | |
| Caregiver Ethnicity | <0.001b | |||
| Hispanic | 417 (50%) | 194 (42%) | 223 (60%) | |
| White, non-Hispanic | 152 (18%) | 106 (23%) | 46 (12%) | |
| Black, non-Hispanic | 236 (28%) | 140 (30%) | 96 (25%) | |
| Other | 37 (4%) | 25 (5%) | 12 (3%) | |
| Caregiver Education | <0.001b | |||
| Less than High School | 218 (26%) | 80 (17%) | 138 (37%) | |
| High School graduate | 277 (33%) | 145 (31%) | 132 (35%) | |
| Partial College | 196 (23%) | 130 (28%) | 66 (18%) | |
| College or Higher | 151 (18%) | 110 (24%) | 41 (11%) | |
| Household Income N=812 | <0.001b | |||
| Less than $10,000 | 259 (32%) | 104 (23%) | 155 (43%) | |
| $10,000-19,999 | 223 (27%) | 118 (26%) | 105 (29%) | |
| $20,000-39,999 | 200 (25%) | 117 (26%) | 83 (23%) | |
| $40,000 or more | 130 (16%) | 109 (24%) | 21 (6%) | |
| WIC enrollment (% yes) | 714 (85%) | 361 (78%) | 353 (94%) | <0.001b |
| Study Site | 0.004b | |||
| Miami, FL | 141 (17%) | 68 (15%) | 73 (16%) | |
| Chapel Hill, NC | 250 (30%) | 161 (35%) | 89 (24%) | |
| Nashville, TN | 224 (27%) | 113 (26%) | 111 (28%) | |
| New York, NY | 227 (27%) | 123 (24%) | 104 (29%) |
a
T-test
b
Pearson Chi-square test