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. 2021 Jan 9;10(6):1330–1341. doi: 10.1093/tbm/ibaa035

Table 1|.

Participant characteristics

Total sample Not experiencing food insecurity Experiencing food insecurity
Characteristics Mean (SD) or n (%) Mean (SD) or n (%) Mean (SD) or n (%)
Sociodemographic
 Age (n = 160) 39.10 (13.83) 38.66 (13.88) 41.35 (13.68)
 Sex (n = 162)
  Male 55 (34.0%) 44 (32.8%) 11 (39.4%)
  Female 107 (66.1%) 90 (67.2%) 17 (60.7%)
 Highest education (n = 160)
  High school degree or below 118 (73.8%) 95 (72.0%) 23 (82.1%)
  Bachelor’s degree or above 42 (26.3%) 37 (28.0%) 5 (17.9%)
 Annual household income (n = 149)
  Less than $16,000 22 (14.8%) 18 (14.5%) 4 (16.0%)
  $16,000 to $24,999 40 (26.9%) 32 (25.8%) 8 (32.0%)
  $25,000 to $49,999 58 (38.9%) 47 (37.9%) 11 (44.0%)
  $50,000 and above 29 (19.5%) 27 (21.8%) 2 (8.0%)
 Employment status (n = 161)
  No employment 80 (49.7%) 63 (47.4%) 17 (60.7%)
  Part-time employment 30 (18.6%) 25 (18.8%) 5 (17.9%)
  Full-time employment 51 (31.7%) 45 (33.8%) 6 (21.4%)
 Number of people in the household (n = 148) 4.72 (1.81) 4.61 (1.70) 5.19 (2.23)
Acculturation
 Heritage culture acculturation scores (n = 152; range 1–5) 4.34 (0.68) 4.32 (0.70) 4.45 (0.54)
 American culture acculturation scores (n = 155; range 1–5) 3.26 (1.05) 3.23 (1.09) 3.44 (0.77)
 Fluency in language of heritage culture (n = 159)
  No 19 (12.0%) 14 (10.7%) 5 (17.9%)
  Yes 140 (88.1%) 117 (89.3%) 23 (82.1%)
 Fluency in English (n = 159)
  No 90 (56.6%) 66 (51.9%) 22 (78.6%)
  Yes 69 (43.4%) 63 (48.1%) 6 (21.4%)
 Percentage of life in the USA (n = 153) 40.59 (33.48) 41.69 (33.62) 35.25 (32.93)
Social connectedness
 Religious attendance (n = 161)
  Regularly 90 (55.9%) 71 (53.0%) 19 (70.4%)
  Not regularly 71 (44.1%) 63 (47.0%) 8 (29.6%)
 Social isolation (n = 160; range 3–9) 3.93 (1.34) 3.75 (1.17) 4.81 (1.75)

SD standard deviation.