Table 1.
Socio-demographic characteristics of a sample of adolescents in Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota by household food security status in 2009–2010*
| Characteristics | Total (n 2285) | Food secure (n 1395) | Food insecure (n 890) | P | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | |||||
| Total | n/a | n/a | 1395 | 61·1 | 890 | 38·9 | n/a | |||
| Age (years) | ||||||||||
| Mean | 2·0 | 2·0 | 1·9 | 0·052 | ||||||
| sd | 14·5 | 14·5 | 14·4 | |||||||
| Sex | ||||||||||
| Male | 1047 | 45·8 | 639 | 45·8 | 408 | 45·8 | 0·987 | |||
| Female | 1238 | 54·2 | 756 | 54·2 | 482 | 54·2 | ||||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||||||||
| White | 477 | 21·0 | 358 | 25·8 | 119 | 13·4 | <0·001 | |||
| Black or African American | 637 | 28·0 | 390 | 28·1 | 247 | 27·9 | ||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 391 | 17·2 | 254 | 18·3 | 137 | 15·5 | ||||
| Asian American | 443 | 19·5 | 212 | 15·3 | 231 | 26·0 | ||||
| Native American | 72 | 3·2 | 42 | 3·0 | 30 | 3·4 | ||||
| Mixed or other race | 257 | 11·3 | 134 | 9·6 | 123 | 13·9 | ||||
| Parental education | ||||||||||
| Did not finish high school | 533 | 23·5 | 270 | 19·5 | 263 | 29·9 | <0·001 | |||
| Finished high school | 466 | 20·5 | 275 | 19·8 | 191 | 21·7 | ||||
| Some college | 656 | 28·9 | 366 | 26·4 | 290 | 32·9 | ||||
| Finished college | 410 | 18·1 | 298 | 21·5 | 112 | 12·7 | ||||
| Advanced degree | 204 | 9·0 | 179 | 12·9 | 25 | 2·8 | ||||
P-values are bolded if statistically significant at the 0·05 significance level.
*
χ2 test: % and n. T Test: mean and sd. Parental education was reported by parents and refers to the highest educational attainment of any parent or guardian in the household. All other socio-demographic characteristics were self-reported by adolescents.