Table 1.
Sample characteristics of female participants of the Latino Health and Well-being Study by food security status (N=297).
| Total Sample n=297 | Food insecure n= 109 (36.7%) | Food secure n=188 (63.3%) | P value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean or n | SD or % | Mean or n | SD or % | Mean or n | SD or % | ||
| Age (in years) | 46.4 | 15.4 | 47.2 | 15.1 | 46.1 | 15.6 | 0.560 |
| Latino group* | 0.542 | ||||||
| Puerto Rican | 61 | 20.6 | 23 | 21.3 | 38 | 20.2 | |
| Dominican | 215 | 72.6 | 80 | 74.1 | 135 | 71.8 | |
| Other | 20 | 6.8 | 5 | 4.6 | 15 | 8.0 | |
| Country of birth | 0.134 | ||||||
| U.S. | 65 | 21.9 | 29 | 26.6 | 36 | 19.1 | |
| Other country | 232 | 78.1 | 80 | 73.4 | 152 | 80.9 | |
| Education Level | 0.114 | ||||||
| ≤High school | 207 | 69.7 | 82 | 75.2 | 125 | 66.5 | |
| >High school | 90 | 30.3 | 27 | 24.8 | 63 | 33.5 | |
| Married/living with partner | 110 | 37.0 | 32 | 29.4 | 78 | 41.5 | 0.037 |
| Number of children in the house | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 1.2 | 0.109 |
| Meets recommendation for physical activity (150min/week) | 110 | 37.0 | 36 | 33.0 | 74 | 39.4 | 0.276 |
| EE | 1.87 | 0.92 | 2.02 | 0.90 | 1.78 | 0.93 | 0.030 |
| Obesity | 141 | 47.5 | 63 | 57.8 | 78 | 41.5 | 0.007 |
SD=standard deviation. U.S.=United States. EE=emotional eating. EE means score obtained from adding up responses of the 6 EE items in the Three Factor Eating Questionnaire (R18-V2) and dividing it by the total number of EE items; score range=1–4.24 Obesity was defined as body mass index ≥30kg/m2. Physical activity recommendations are based on the Department of Health and Human Services recommendations (150minutes/week).28
*
Data missing for one participant. P values are from Pearson chi-square test of independence for categorical variables, and T-tests for continuous variables.