Table 2.
Logistic regression analysis of experience of food insecurity by socio-demographic variables
| 95% Confidence interval | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variable | P value | Odds ratio | Lower | Upper |
| Age (reference 65+) | 0.010 | |||
| 18–24 | 0.039 | 2.453 | 1.047 | 5.747 |
| 25–34 | 0.010 | 2.801 | 1.284 | 6.111 |
| 35–44 | 0.000 | 3.517 | 1.797 | 6.885 |
| 45–54 | 0.003 | 2.350 | 1.348 | 4.095 |
| 55–59 | 0.019 | 2.113 | 1.134 | 3.938 |
| 60–64 | 0.168 | 1.572 | 0.826 | 2.993 |
| Lifestage (reference Post-family) | 0.672 | |||
| Single | 0.594 | 1.226 | 0.580 | 2.590 |
| Pre-family | 0.773 | 0.881 | 0.371 | 2.093 |
| Family | 0.774 | 0.920 | 0.522 | 1.621 |
| Education (reference GCSE/O-level/CSE) | 0.857 | |||
| Vocational Qualifications (NVQ1 + 2) | 0.699 | 0.902 | 0.533 | 1.525 |
| A-level/equivalent (NVQ3) | 0.333 | 0.805 | 0.519 | 1.249 |
| Bachelor degree/equivalent (NVQ4) | 0.093 | 0.652 | 0.396 | 1.075 |
| Masters/PhD/equivalent | 0.279 | 0.674 | 0.330 | 1.377 |
| Other | 0.475 | 0.796 | 0.425 | 1.490 |
| No formal qualifications | 0.426 | 0.817 | 0.497 | 1.343 |
| Still studying | 0.829 | 0.908 | 0.379 | 2.179 |
| Do not know | 0.334 | 0.349 | 0.041 | 2.955 |
| Rurality (reference Metropolitan) | 0.563 | |||
| Rural | 0.250 | 1.404 | 0.787 | 2.502 |
| Suburban | 0.840 | 1.052 | 0.644 | 1.720 |
| Urban | 0.360 | 1.251 | 0.775 | 2.018 |
| Social grade (reference A) | 0.096 | |||
| B | 0.473 | 0.679 | 0.236 | 1.953 |
| C1 | 0.916 | 0.946 | 0.340 | 2.636 |
| C2 | 0.633 | 0.772 | 0.266 | 2.239 |
| D | 0.873 | 0.916 | 0.311 | 2.697 |
| E | 0.467 | 1.494 | 0.506 | 4.406 |
| Home tenure (owned/rented) | 0.000 | 2.337 | 1.654 | 3.304 |
| Income (reference ≤ 4499) | 0.000 | |||
| 4500–6499 | 0.021 | 2.864 | 1.169 | 7.016 |
| 6500–7499 | 0.117 | 2.142 | 0.826 | 5.557 |
| 7500–9499 | 0.080 | 2.105 | 0.914 | 4.845 |
| 9500–11 499 | 0.755 | 0.863 | 0.343 | 2.170 |
| 11 500– 13 499 | 0.309 | 1.578 | 0.655 | 3.799 |
| 13 500– 15 499 | 0.370 | 1.557 | 0.591 | 4.103 |
| 15 500– 17 499 | 0.854 | 1.094 | 0.420 | 2.852 |
| 17 500—24 999 | 0.805 | 0.905 | 0.407 | 2.009 |
| 25 000– 29 999 | 0.898 | 0.948 | 0.418 | 2.148 |
| 30 000– 30 999 | 0.448 | 0.731 | 0.325 | 1.645 |
| 40 000– 49 999 | 0.011 | 0.178 | 0.047 | 0.677 |
| 50 000– 74 999 | 0.022 | 0.300 | 0.107 | 0.842 |
| 75 000– 99 999 | 0.140 | 0.356 | 0.090 | 1.404 |
| More than 100 000 | 0.063 | 0.219 | 0.044 | 1.085 |
| Do not know | 0.950 | 1.023 | 0.510 | 2.051 |
| Refused | 0.978 | 1.010 | 0.491 | 2.079 |
| Gender (male/female) | 0.743 | 0.954 | 0.719 | 1.266 |
| Distance from coast (reference ≥20 km) | 0.119 | |||
| ≤1 km | 0.140 | 0.521 | 0.219 | 1.238 |
| 1–5 km | 0.160 | 0.686 | 0.406 | 1.161 |
| 6–10 km | 0.266 | 1.388 | 0.779 | 2.474 |
| 11–20 km | 0.163 | 0.674 | -.387 | 1.174 |
| Region (reference Yorks & Humber) | 0.799 | |||
| East Midlands | 0.725 | 1.132 | 0.568 | 2.257 |
| Eastern | 0.446 | 1.291 | 0.670 | 2.486 |
| London | 0.712 | 1.134 | 0.583 | 2.206 |
| North East | 0.329 | 0.599 | 0.214 | 1.676 |
| North West | 0.762 | 0.895 | 0.435 | 1.839 |
| Scotland | 0.904 | 1.046 | 0.502 | 2.180 |
| South East | 0.695 | 1.149 | 0.574 | 2.299 |
| South West | 0.460 | 1.348 | 0.611 | 2.974 |
| Wales | 0.220 | 1.722 | 0.723 | 4.104 |
| West Midlands | 0.671 | 1.156 | 0.592 | 2.257 |
| Ethnic origin (White/non-White) | 0.780 | 0.942 | 0.621 | 1.430 |