Table 3.

Risk and resiliency correlates of food security among college students (Minnesota College Student Health Survey Surveillance System, 2015–2018).

	Minimally adjusteda			Fully adjustedb
	Food secure	Food insecure		Food secure	Food insecure
	% of students		p-value	% of students		p-value
Smoking tobacco in past 30 days			<0.0001			<0.0001
Yes	15	23		15	24
No	85	77		85	76
Marijuana use in past 30 days			<0.0001			<0.0001
Yes	12	18		12	19
No	88	82		88	81
Binge drinking in past 14 days			<0.0001			<0.0001
Yes	30	37		31	37
No	70	63		69	63
Last routine medical exam			<0.0001			<0.0001
Within past 12 months	63	58		62	58
Not within past 12 months	37	42		38	42
Ever diagnosed with depression			<0.0001			<0.0001
Yes	27	41		28	42
No	73	58		72	58
Mental distress in past month			<0.0001			<0.0001
≥14 days mental health was “not good”	16	29		16	28
<14 days mental health was “not good”	84	71		84	72
Stressful life events in past 12 months			<0.0001			<0.0001
0 events	39	20		38	20
1–2 events	42	39		43	41
≥3 events	19	41		19	40
Self-rated stress management			<0.0001			<0.0001
Stress level > stress management skill rating	33	52		34	51
Stress management skill ≥ stress rating	67	48		66	49
Self-rated sleep sufficiency			<0.0001			<0.0001
Sufficient sleep < 5 days per week	64	75		65	75
Sufficient sleep ≥ 5 days per week	36	25		35	25
Supportiveness of relationships (1–10 scale)
-Friends/Family			<0.0001			<0.0001
Supportive (8–10)	77	64		78	66
Less supportive (1–7)	23	36		22	34
-College/University faculty/staff			<0.0001			<0.0001
Supportive (8–10)	52	42		52	43
Less supportive (1–7)	48	58		48	57
Grade Point Average (GPA)			<0.0001			<0.0001
< 3.0	19	34		24	36
3.0–3.5	29	33		28	31
>3.5	51	33		49	33
	Mean	Mean	p-valuea	Mean	Mean	p-valueb
Resilience (1–5 scale)	3.5	3.2	<0.0001	3.5	3.3	<0.0001

^apredicted probabilities from logistic regression; adjusted for clustering within school. Results from 13 models presented (Independent variable: food insecurity; Dependent variable: weight-related factor).

^bpredicted probabilities from logistic regression; adjusted for: student gender, race/ethnicity, and relationship status; parent education and income; and clustering within school. Results from 13 models presented (Independent variable: food insecurity; Dependent variable: weight-related factor).