Table 7.
The association between infant food security indicators and total and individual food group consumption in infants 3–12 months examined using linear regression (n = 70) a.
| Total Food Group Consumption | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Model 1 | Model 2 | Model 3 | |||||||
| Running out of money for food by the end of the month | B | SE | p-value | B | SE | p-value | B | SE | p-value |
| Constant | 2.961 | 0.149 | <0.0001 | 1.197 | 0.411 | 0.01 | 0.957 | 0.503 | 0.1 |
| Running out of money for food by the end of the month | 0.831 | 0.285 | 0.01 | 0.728 | 0.251 | 0.01 | 0.689 | 0.256 | 0.01 |
| Age | 0.242 | 0.053 | <0.0001 | 0.238 | 0.054 | <0.0001 | |||
| Sex | 0.190 | 0.229 | 0.4 | ||||||
| R-Squared | 0.117 | 0.333 | 0.341 | ||||||
| Adjusted R-Squared | 0.103 | 0.312 | 0.309 | ||||||
| Model 4 | Model 5 | Model 6 | |||||||
| Running out of money for utilities by the end of the month | B | SE | p-value | B | SE | p-value | B | SE | p-value |
| Constant | 3.044 | 0.146 | <0.0001 | 1.235 | 0.434 | 0.01 | 0.795 | 0.528 | 0.1 |
| Running out of money for utilities by the end of the month | 0.802 | 0.332 | 0.02 | 0.653 | 0.296 | 0.03 | 0.664 | 0.293 | 0.03 |
| Age | 0.247 | 0.057 | <0.0001 | 0.240 | 0.056 | <0.0001 | |||
| Sex | 0.333 | 0.231 | 0.2 | ||||||
| R-Squared | 0.082 | 0.293 | 0.316 | ||||||
| Adjusted R-Squared | 0.068 | 0.271 | 0.283 | ||||||
| Model 7 | Model 8 | Model 9 | |||||||
| Food Security Score b | B | SE | p-value | B | SE | p-value | B | SE | p-value |
| Constant | 4.307 | 0.449 | <0.0001 | 2.350 | 0.586 | <0.0001 | 1.970 | 0.676 | 0.01 |
| Food Security Score | −0.279 | 0.107 | 0.01 | −0.247 | 0.094 | 0.01 | −0.237 | 0.094 | 0.02 |
| Age | 0.246 | 0.055 | <0.0001 | 0.241 | 0.055 | <0.0001 | |||
| Sex | 0.258 | 0.230 | 0.3 | ||||||
| R-Squared | 0.097 | 0.319 | 0.333 | ||||||
| Adjusted R-Squared | 0.083 | 0.297 | 0.300 | ||||||
| Grain, root and tuber consumption | |||||||||
| Model 10 | Model 11 | Model 12 | |||||||
| Food security score b | B | SE | p-value | B | SE | p-value | B | SE | p-value |
| Constant | 1.117 | 0.108 | <0.0001 | 0.907 | 0.158 | <0.0001 | 0.842 | 0.184 | <0.0001 |
| Food Security Score | −0.068 | 0.026 | 0.01 | −0.064 | 0.025 | 0.01 | −0.062 | 0.026 | 0.03 |
| Age | 0.026 | 0.015 | 0.1 | 0.026 | 0.015 | 0.1 | |||
| Sex | 0.044 | 0.063 | 0.5 | ||||||
| R-Squared | 0.099 | 0.143 | 0.150 | ||||||
| Adjusted R-Squared | 0.084 | 0.115 | 0.108 | ||||||
| Flesh food consumption | |||||||||
| Model 13 | Model 14 | Model 15 | |||||||
| Running out of money for food by the end of the month | B | SE | p-value | B | SE | p-value | B | SE | p-value |
| Constant | 0.172 | 0.050 | 0.001 | −0.413 | 0.139 | 0.004 | −0.416 | 0.171 | 0.02 |
| Running out of money for food by the end of the month | 0.398 | 0.096 | <0.0001 | 0.364 | 0.085 | <0.0001 | 0.363 | 0.087 | <0.0001 |
| Age | 0.080 | 0.018 | <0.0001 | 0.080 | 0.018 | <0.0001 | |||
| Sex | 0.002 | 0.078 | 0.98 | ||||||
| R-Squared | 0.211 | 0.398 | 0.398 | ||||||
| Adjusted R-Squared | 0.198 | 0.379 | 0.369 | ||||||
| Model 16 | Model 17 | Model 18 | |||||||
| Running out of money for utilities by the end of the month | B | SE | p-value | B | SE | p-value | B | SE | p-value |
| Constant | 0.204 | 0.048 | <0.0001 | −0.376 | 0.143 | 0.01 | −0.468 | 0.176 | 0.01 |
| Running out of money for utilities by the end of the month | 0.431 | 0.109 | <0.0001 | 0.383 | 0.098 | <0.0001 | 0.386 | 0.098 | <0.0001 |
| Age | 0.079 | 0.019 | <0.0001 | 0.078 | 0.019 | <0.0001 | |||
| Sex | 0.070 | 0.077 | 0.4 | ||||||
| R-Squared | 0.194 | 0.370 | 0.378 | ||||||
| Adjusted R-Squared | 0.182 | 0.351 | 0.349 | ||||||
| Model 19 | Model 20 | Model 21 | |||||||
| Food security score a | B | SE | p-value | B | SE | p-value | B | SE | p-value |
| Constant | 0.753 | 0.156 | <0.0001 | 0.103 | 0.206 | 0.6 | 0.052 | 0.240 | 0.8 |
| Food Security Score | −0.117 | 0.037 | 0.003 | −0.106 | 0.033 | 0.002 | −0.105 | 0.034 | 0.003 |
| Age | 0.082 | 0.019 | <0.0001 | 0.081 | 0.019 | <0.0001 | |||
| Sex | 0.035 | 0.082 | 0.7 | ||||||
| R-Squared | 0.135 | 0.330 | 0.332 | ||||||
| Adjusted R-Squared | 0.122 | 0.309 | 0.299 | ||||||
Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC), The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Model 1 + 13: Running out of money for food by the end of the month. Model 2 + 14: Running out of money for food by the end of the month + age. Model 3 + 15: Running out of money for food by the end of the month + age + sex. Model 4 + 16: Running out of money for utilities by the end of the month. Model 5 + 17: Running out of money for utilities by the end of the month + age. Model 6 + 18: Running out of money for utilities by the end of the month + age + sex. Model 7, 10 + 19: Food Security Score. Model 8, 11 + 20: Food Security Score + age. Model 9, 12 + 21: Food Security Score + age + sex. a Total number of responses 65. 5 (7.1%) incomplete responses. b Based on the adapted Infant Food Security Index used in this study.