Table 1.
Characteristics of participants based on food security and food insecurity status in Jordan during the quarantine.
| Variables | Categories | Total (n = 3129) |
FS (n = 1275) |
MFIS (n = 1130) |
SFIS (n = 724) |
P-value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | N (%) | |||
| Governate | North | 416 (13.3) | 178 (42.8) | 139 (33.4) | 99 (23.8) | 0.74 |
| Middle | 2553 (81.6) | 1029 (40.3) | 933 (36.5) | 591 (23.1) | ||
| South | 160 (5.1) | 68 (42.5) | 58 (36.3) | 34 (21.3) | ||
| Gender | Male | 813 (26.0) | 332 (40.8) | 283 (34.8) | 198 (24.4) | 0.54 |
| Female | 2316 (74.0) | 943 (40.7) | 847 (36.6) | 526 (22.7) | ||
| Age (years) | 18–30 | 1922 (61.4) | 775 (40.3) | 685 (35.6) | 462 (24.0) | 0.56 |
| 31–45 | 852 (27.2) | 353 (41.4) | 309 (36.3) | 190 (22.3) | ||
| >45 | 355 (11.3) | 147 (41.4) | 136 (38.3) | 72 (20.3) | ||
| Marital status | Married | 1225 (39.1) | 495 (40.4) | 447 (36.5) | 283 (23.1) | 0.92 |
| Single | 1830 (58.5) | 748 (40.9) | 660 (36.1) | 422 (23.1) | ||
| Divorce/widow | 74 (2.4) | 32 (43.2) | 23 (31.1) | 19 (25.7) | ||
| Education level | Secondary school or less | 345 (11.0) | 127 (36.8) | 126 (36.5) | 92 (26.7) | 0.05 |
| Diploma or bachelors | 2489 (79.5) | 1023 (41.5) | 880 (35.4) | 577 (23.2) | ||
| High education | 295 (9.4) | 116 (39.3) | 124 (42.0) | 55 (18.6) | ||
| Monthly income per capita | <poverty line | 1687 (53.91)) | 393 (23.3) | 769 (45.6) | 525 (31.1) | ≤0.001 |
| ≥ poverty line | 1442 (46.09) | 882 (61.2) | 361 (25.0) | 199 (13.8) | ||
| No. family members | 1–4 | 989 (31.6) | 393 (39.7) | 357 (36.1) | 239 (22.6) | 0.80 |
| 5–7 | 1694 (54.1) | 693 (40.9) | 619 (36.5) | 382 (22.6) | ||
| ≥8 | 446 (14.3) | 189 (42.4) | 154 (34.5) | 103 (23.1) | ||
| Employment members/Family | 0 | 172 (5.5) | 64 (37.2) | 65 (37.8) | 43 (25.0) | 0.21 |
| 1 | 1622 (51.8) | 679 (41.9) | 554 (34.2) | 389 (24.0) | ||
| 2 | 884 (28.3) | 364 (41.2) | 332 (37.6) | 188 (21.3) | ||
| ≥3 | 451 (14.4) | 168 (37.3) | 179 (39.7) | 104 (23.1) | ||
| House status | Rent | 870 (27.8) | 336 (38.6) | 301 (34.6) | 233 (26.8) | 0.01 |
| Ownership | 2259 (72.2) | 939 (41.6) | 829 (36.7) | 491 (21.7) | ||
| Chronic disease | Yes | 1468 (46.9) | 684 (41.2) | 589 (35.5) | 388 (23.4) | 0.72 |
| No | 1661 (53.1) | 591 (40.3) | 541 (36.9) | 336 (22.9) | ||
| Health insurance | Nothing | 1228 (39.2) | 500 (40.7) | 456 (37.1) | 272 (22.1) | 0.77 |
| Military | 370 (11.8) | 148 (40.0) | 136 (36.8) | 86 (23.2) | ||
| Governmental | 699 (22.3) | 293 (41.9) | 249 (35.6) | 157 (22.5) | ||
| Private | 832 (26.6) | 334 (40.1) | 289 (34.7) | 209 (25.1) |
Income per head calculated by dividing family income over the family members number. High education included master and PhD. FS: food security; MFIS: moderate food insecurity; SFIS: sever moderate food insecurity.
Bold indicates significant level ≤ 0.05.