Table 1.
Demographic information of participants (n = 1921).
| Characteristic | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity group | ||
| Declining from high to low FI group | 79 | 4.1% |
| Persistently moderate FI group | 1242 | 64.7% |
| Persistently low FI group | 477 | 24.8% |
| Food-secure group | 123 | 6.4% |
| Age, years, mean (SD) | 14.4 | (± 1.9) |
| Gender | ||
| Female | 1081 | 56.3% |
| Male | 840 | 43.7% |
| Family structure | ||
| Parents of foreign nationalities | 104 | 5.4% |
| Living with two parents | 403 | 21% |
| Household incomes per person-month * (NTD) | ||
| ≤3000 | 770 | 40.1% |
| 3001–6000 | 792 | 41.2% |
| ≥6001 | 359 | 18.7% |
FI denotes food-insecure; SD, standard deviation; NTD, New Taiwan Dollar. * The median of household incomes per person-month was approximately 18,000 NTD in 2009.