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. 2020 Aug 24;17(17):6149. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17176149

Table 3.

Results of multivariate logistic regression models predicting household food insecurity.

Model 1 a p Value Model 2 b p Value Model 3 c p Value
Adjusted OR (95% CI) d Adjusted OR (95% CI) d Adjusted OR (95% CI) d
Households without PWD (Reference Group) 1.00 1.00
Households with PWD
  All Households with PWD 1.64 (1.16–2.31) 0.005 1.41 (0.99–2.00) 0.06 1.30 (0.91–1.87) 0.15
  Number of PWD (Per Person) 1.51 (1.13–2.02) 0.006 1.35 (1.01–1.81) 0.05 1.25 (0.92–1.69) 0.15
  Household Head’s Gender
   Male-Headed Households with PWD 1.20 (0.72–2.01) 0.48 1.11 (0.65–1.87) 0.57 0.96 (0.56–1.65) 0.32
   Female-Headed Households with PWD 2.11 (1.37–3.25) 0.007 1.68 (1.08–2.59) 0.06 1.63 (1.04–2.55) 0.04
  Household Head’s Disability Status
   Households with A Household Head without A Disability 1.31 (0.73–2.35) 0.74 1.20 (0.66–2.18) 0.85 1.11 (0.61–2.05) 0.79
   Households with A Male Head with A Disability 1.30 (0.69–2.45) 0.75 1.06 (0.55–2.03) 0.51 0.90 (0.47–1.76) 0.31
   Households with A Female Head with A Disability 2.37 (1.40–4.02) 0.02 1.99 (1.16–3.39) 0.05 1.98 (1.14–3.43) 0.03
  Containing Working-Age adults with Disabilities (Aged 19–64 Years)
   No 1.16 (0.71–1.90) 0.34 1.04 (0.63–1.71) 0.31 0.98 (0.59–1.63) 0.30
   Yes 2.23 (1.44–3.44) 0.003 1.84 (1.18–2.88) 0.02 1.70 (1.07–2.70) 0.04
  Containing Economically Active PWD
   No 1.98 (1.35–2.91) 0.005 1.63 (1.09–2.44) 0.05 1.53 (1.01–2.31) 0.06
   Yes 0.96 (0.49–1.91) 0.28 0.93 (0.46–1.86) 0.38 0.84 (0.41–1.72) 0.30
  Type of Disability
   Physical Disability 1.39 (0.90–2.15) 0.40 1.19 (0.77–1.84) 0.32 1.16 (0.74–1.82) 0.52
   Visual Disability 2.15 (0.84–5.52) 0.62 1.87 (0.72–4.85) 0.66 1.38 (0.53–3.57) 0.99
   Auditory or Linguistic Disability 0.44 (0.10–1.89) 0.04 0.45 (0.10–1.92) 0.06 0.47 (0.11–2.04) 0.10
   Mental Disability 4.19 (1.69–10.36) 0.04 3.87 (1.53–9.78) 0.04 2.81 (1.08–7.28) 0.12
   Internal Organ Disability 4.65 (1.54–14.09) 0.05 3.93 (1.20–12.86) 0.08 4.38 (1.21–15.79) 0.05
  Severity of Disability
   Severe (Grades 1–3) 2.13 (1.27–3.56) 0.14 1.87 (1.11–3.17) 0.15 1.73 (1.01–2.99) 0.14
   Mild (Grades 4–6) 1.39 (0.89–2.17) 0.82 1.19 (0.76–1.86) 0.73 1.13 (0.72–1.78) 0.90

Abbreviations: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval; PWD, person with disabilities. a Model 1: Adjusted for age, gender and marital status of household head, household size, family type, presence of children aged ≤ 18 years, and place of residence. b Model 2: Adjusted for educational level of household head and number of economically active household members in addition to the covariates in model 1. c Model 3: Adjusted for household income in addition to the covariates in model 2. d Odds ratios are compared with the control group without PWDs.