Table 3.

Food insecurity by socio-demographic characteristics (n 2551)

	Model 1†		Model 2‡
	OR	95 % CI	OR	95 % CI
Sex
Female	REF		REF
Male	1·26*	1·00, 1·60	1·36*	1·01, 1·83
Age (years)	0·95***	0·94, 0·96	0·95***	0·94, 0·96
Ethnicity
White British	REF		REF
White other	1·31	0·73, 2·41	2·04*	1·04, 3·99
Mixed	2·33**	1·31, 4·14	2·32*	1·02, 5·27
Asian	1·17	0·68, 2·03	1·69	0·87, 3·29
Black	0·73	0·32, 1·69	0·52	0·14, 1·88
Other & unknown	1·11	0·52, 2·38	1·23	0·52, 2·93
Household composition
No other adults, no children	REF		REF
Other adults, no children	0·66*	0·46, 0·93	0·61*	0·41, 0·93
No other adults, with children	3·69***	2·18, 6·25	2·10**	1·19, 3·70
Other adults, with children	1·62**	1·13, 2·32	1·59*	1·05, 2·42
Employment status
Full time	REF		REF
Part time	1·15	0·83, 1·60	0·76	0·50, 1·15
Looking for work	2·17**	1·33, 3·52	0·84	0·46, 1·56
Not looking for work	1·07	0·77, 1·47	0·60**	0·42, 0·87
Student status
No	REF		REF
Yes, part time	2·06***	1·29, 3·30	1·59	0·80, 3·14
Yes, full time	2·23***	1·56, 3·20	3·23***	2·01, 5·18
Making ends meet
Easy	REF		REF
Neither easy nor difficult	2·54***	1·83, 3·53	2·55***	1·83, 3·57
Difficult	20·03***	14·13, 28·38	19·76***	13·78, 28·34
Education
High	REF		REF
Medium	1·34*	1·01, 1·79	1·13	0·81, 1·57
Low	2·79***	2·11, 3·69	2·30***	1·66, 3·17

^†Model 1: mutually adjusted for sex, age, ethnicity and household composition.

^‡Model 2: mutually adjusted for sex, age, ethnicity, and household composition, employment status, student status, making ends meet and education.

*P ≤ 0·05, **P ≤ 0·01, ***P ≤ 0·001.