Table 1.
Demographic characteristics of Midwestern university students by residence and food security status post-COVID-19 campus shift to online instruction (%; n = 1434).
| Residence | Food Security Status | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Characteristics | Total (%) | At Home 53% (759) |
On Own 47% (675) |
p | Food Secure 83% (1184) |
Food Insecure 17% (250) |
p |
| Age in Years (mean ± SD) | 21.4 ± 2.7 | 20.0 ± 1.6 | 22.0 ± 2.9 | <0.001 | 21.3 ± 2.7 | 21.8 ± 2.8 | 0.011 |
| ←%→ | ←%→ | ||||||
| Gender | |||||||
| Male | 38.8 | 34.8 a | 43.4 b | 0.001 | 39.0 | 38.0 | 0.764 |
| Female | 61.2 | 65.2 a | 56.6 b | 61.0 | 62.0 | ||
| Race | <0.001 | <0.001 | |||||
| White | 81.9 | 88.4 a | 74.5 b | 84.3 a | 70.4 b | ||
| Other Race | 18.1 | 11.6 a | 25.5 b | 15.7 a | 29.6 b | ||
| Undergraduate/Graduate | <0.001 | 0.490 | |||||
| Undergraduate | 82.1 | 97.0 a | 65.3 b | 81.8 | 83.6 | ||
| Graduate | 17.9 | 3.0 a | 34.7 b | 18.2 | 16.4 | ||
| Residency status | |||||||
| Iowa student | 55.9 | 61.5 a | 49.5 b | <0.001 | 55.9 a | 55.6 a | 0.001 |
| US—other states | 35.1 | 37.7 a | 32.1 b | 36.2 a | 29.6 b | ||
| International | 9.1 | 0.8 a | 18.4 b | 7.8 a | 14.8 b | ||
| Marital status | |||||||
| Single/divorced/widowed | 83.4 | 97.2 a | 67.8 b | <0.001 | 85.0 a | 75.8 b | <0.001 |
| Married or cohabitating | 16.6 | 2.8 a | 32.2 b | 15.0 a | 24.2 b | ||
| Receive financial aid | 0.064 | 0.004 | |||||
| Yes | 66.6 | 68.7 | 64.1 | 64.9 a | 74.3 b | ||
| No | 33.4 | 31.3 | 35.9 | 35.1 a | 25.7 b | ||
| Self-reported health status | 0.174 | <0.001 | |||||
| Poor-Fair | 12.3 | 11.2 | 13.6 | 10.3 a | 22.3 b | ||
| Good | 42.0 | 41.0 | 43.0 | 41.8 a | 42.9 a | ||
| Very Good-Excellent | 45.7 | 47.8 | 43.4 | 48.0 a | 34.7 b | ||
| Body Mass Index (BMI) | 0.470 | 0.002 | |||||
| Underweight | 3.6 | 4.0 | 3.1 | 3.7 a | 3.2 a | ||
| Normal | 57.8 | 58.4 | 57.2 | 59.1 a | 51.8 a | ||
| Overweight | 26.1 | 26.3 | 26.0 | 26.4 a | 25.1 b | ||
| Obese | 12.4 | 11.3 | 13.7 | 10.9 a | 19.8 b | ||
| Daily fruit/vegetable servings | 0.001 | 0.711 | |||||
| <5 per day | 86.5 | 83.5 a | 89.8 b | 86.3 | 87.2 | ||
| 5 or more per day | 13.5 | 16.5 a | 10.2 b | 13.7 | 12.8 | ||
| Daily fiber servings | 0.313 | 0.094 | |||||
| <20 g per day | 66.7 | 67.9 | 65.3 | 65.7 | 71.2 | ||
| 20+ grams per day | 33.3 | 32.1 | 34.7 | 34.3 | 28.8 | ||
Chi-square test for independence of variables was assessed. Same subscript letters (a,b) indicate column proportions that are not significantly different from each other.