Table 5.
Mean percent daily food group consumption by various indicators of food security applied in this analysis for infants aged 3–12 months enrolled in the cross-sectional study (n = 70).
| Food Security Indicator | |||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infants Total (%) |
FSSS Q1 a | FSSS Q2 b | WIC | SNAP | Index Score c | Income | |||||||||||||||||
| Food Group | Yes (%) | No (%) | p | Yes (%) | No (%) | p | Yes (%) | No (%) | p | Yes (%) | No (%) | p | FIS (%) | FS (%) | p | Corr | p | Low Income (%) | High Income (%) | p | Corr | p | |
| Grains, roots and tubers | 85 | 96 | 79 | 0.001 | 96 | 82 | 0.089 | 93 | 80 | 0.023 | 95 | 82 | 0.173 ¥ | 96 | 80 | 0.002 | −0.359 | 0.003 | 94 | 82 | 0.030 | −0.227 | 0.058 |
| Legumes and nuts | 8 | 4 | 9 | 0.505 ¥ | 6 | 8 | 0.948 ¥ | 6 | 9 | 0.973 ¥ | 11 | 7 | 0.085 ¥ | 6 | 9 | 0.935 ¥ | −0.042 | 0.742 | 13 | 7 | 0.251 | −0.132 | 0.275 |
| Dairy products | 61 | 65 | 60 | 0.659 | 48 | 63 | 0.283 | 69 | 56 | 0.252 | 68 | 59 | 0.621 ¥ | 58 | 62 | 0.802 | −0.016 | 0.902 | 77 | 59 | 0.224 | −0.177 | 0.143 |
| Flesh foods | 28 | 57 | 17 | 0.000 | 63 | 20 | 0.000 | 33 | 24 | 0.338 | 40 | 25 | 0.203 | 61 | 16 | 0.000 | −0.362 | 0.003 | 50 | 24 | 0.085 | −0.187 | 0.122 |
| Eggs | 8 | 10 | 7 | 0.469 | 6 | 8 | 0.767 | 9 | 7 | 0.628 | 17 | 6 | 0.116 | 12 | 6 | 0.146 ¥ | −0.002 | 0.987 | 20 | 5 | 0.067 | −0.141 | 0.247 |
| Vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables | 56 | 65 | 54 | 0.192 | 71 | 53 | 0.071 | 61 | 54 | 0.398 | 63 | 55 | 0.570 ¥ | 63 | 54 | 0.361 | −0.220 | 0.078 | 67 | 54 | 0.171 | −0.095 | 0.432 |
| Other fruits and vegetables | 73 | 78 | 71 | 0.487 | 85 | 71 | 0.186 | 74 | 72 | 0.680 ¥ | 75 | 72 | 0.944 ¥ | 78 | 71 | 0.450 | −0.138 | 0.274 | 77 | 72 | 0.666 | −0.056 | 0.643 |
| Total food groups (n) | 3.2 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 0.005 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 0.018 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 0.110 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 0.055 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 0.008 | −0.317 | 0.010 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 0.003 | −0.294 | 0.014 |
¥ indicates Mann–Whitney U test result. Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), p value (p), correlation (Corr, Spearman’s rho), grains, roots and tubers (Grains), legumes and nuts (Legumes), vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables (Vitamin A), other fruits and vegetables (Other), a Adapted USDA Food Security Survey Scale Question. Money for food runs out by the end of the month. No = Never/seldom. Yes = Sometimes/most times/always. b Adapted USDA Food Security Survey Scale Question. Money for utilities runs out by the end of the month. No = Never/seldom. Yes = Sometimes/most times/always. c Adapted Infant Food Security Index used in this study. Classified as food secure (FS). Classified as food insecure (FIS).