Table 3.
Food Security Trajectories by Food Bank Type: Integrated Within CRC, Offering a Choice Model, and Offering Additional Programming
| Predictors of Food Insecurity (on HFSSM score) | CRC | Choice model | Additional programming | |||
| Coef. | 95% CI | Coef. | 95% CI | Coef. | 95% CI | |
| CRC (ref. not in CRC) | −.595** | [−.993, −.196] | – | – | – | – |
| Choice (ref. hamper model) | – | – | −.534** | [−.894, −.174] | – | – |
| Additional programming (ref. no additional programming) | – | – | – | – | −.164 | [−.518, .191] |
| Age at baseline | −.028** | [−.042, −.013] | −.028** | [−.042, −.013] | −.029** | [−.044, −.015] |
| Gender (ref. men) | ||||||
| Women | −.384* | [−.755, −.014] | −.395* | [−.765, −.024] | −.397* | [−.7731, −.021] |
| Gender diverse | .468 | [−.555, 1.491] | .474 | [−.550, 1.498] | .596 | [−.441, 1.633] |
| Ethnicity (ref. First Nations) | ||||||
| White | .391 | [−.218, .999] | .357 | [−.252, .966] | .376 | [−.240, .992] |
| Visible minority | .185 | [−.311, .681] | .159 | [−.336, .654] | .139 | [−.363, .641] |
| Born in Canada (ref. yes) | ||||||
| No | −.572* | [−1.107, −.037] | −.537* | [− 1.070, −.003] | −.512 | [− 1.052, .0279] |
| Income (ref. $0–$599) | ||||||
| $600–$1799 | −.151 | [−.490, .189] | −.143 | [−.483, .197] | −.154 | [−.495, .188] |
| $1800 + | −.425 | [−.864, .0138] | −.411 | [−.850, .0278] | −.439 | [−.880, .001] |
| Dependents (ref. yes) | ||||||
| No | 0.185 | [−.153, .5222] | .218 | [−.120, .555] | .193 | [−.146, .532] |
| Marital statusa (ref. married) | ||||||
| Not marrieda | −.243 | [−.585, .099] | −.249 | [−.591, .094] | −.224 | [−.568, .120] |
| Physical health (PCS) | −.038** | [−.050, −.026] | −.037** | [−.049, −.0248] | −.037** | [−.049, −.0249] |
| Mental health (MCS) | −.051** | [−.061, −.040] | −.050** | [−.061, −.0394] | −.050** | [−.061, −.039] |
| Food bank use (ref. Accessed yes) | ||||||
| No | .550** | [.163, .937] | .549** | [.158, .932] | .541** | [.152, .929] |
| Time (ref. baseline) | ||||||
| 6 months | −.788** | [−1.216, −.359] | −.780** | [− 1.208, −.351] | −.774** | [− 1.203, −.345] |
| 12 months | −.989** | [−1.396, −.583] | −.987** | [− 1.393, −.581] | −.979** | [−1.386, −.571] |
| 18 months | − 1.090** | [− 1.498, −.681] | −1.088** | [− 1.496, −.680] | −1.080** | [− 1.488, −.671] |
| Constant | 11.17** | [10.02, 12.32] | 11.13** | [9.98, 12.29] | 11.10** | [9.93, 12.27] |
| Random-effects Parameters | Estimate | 95% CI | Estimate | 95% CI | Estimate | 95% CI |
| SD (_cons) | 1.439 | [1.300, 1.592] | 1.441 | [1.303, 1.594] | 1.462 | [1.323, 1.617] |
| SD (Residual) | 1.367 | [1.296, 1.443] | 1.367 | [1.295, 1.442] | 1.366 | [1.295, 1.442] |
| Intraclass correlation | 0.53 | [0.46–0.58] | 0.56 | [0.5–0.62] | 0.51 | [0.44–0.58] |
Notes. * indicates p < 0.05. ** indicates p < 0.01. a‘Married’ includes living with a partner