Table 1.
Participant characteristics by food security status in a subsample of U.S. adults in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication II
| Food secure (N = 2554) | Food insecure (N = 360) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Age in years, M (SE) | 45.3 (0.5) | 41.8 (1.4) | 0.02 |
| Sex, % (n) | |||
| Male | 46.9 (1,069) | 44.5 (129) | 0.52 |
| Female | 53.1 (1,485) | 55.5 (231) | |
| Race/ethnicity, % (n) | |||
| Non-Hispanic White | 75.3 (1,945)a | 66.0 (232)b | 0.02 |
| Non-Hispanic Black | 11.3 (287)a | 13.7 (57)a | |
| Hispanic/Latinx | 9.9 (213)a | 12.7 (41)a | |
| Other | 3.6 (109)a | 7.5 (30)b | |
| Years of education completed, % (n) | |||
| < 12 | 14.4 (332)a | 19.5 (83)b | 0.003 |
| 12 | 31.7 (747)a | 38.9 (112)b | |
| 13–15 | 28.9 (790)a | 26.3 (111)a | |
| ≥ 16 | 25.0 (685)a | 15.2 (54)b | |
| Income-to-poverty ratio, M (SE) | 4.6 (0.1) | 2.8 (0.2) | < 0.001 |
| 12-month DSM-IV disorders, % (n) | |||
| Bulimic-spectrum eating disorder | 1.2 (41) | 4.5 (25) | < 0.001 |
| Mood disorder | 7.1 (313) | 21.0 (105) | < 0.001 |
| Anxiety disorder | 17.4 (713) | 32.4 (167) | < 0.001 |
Statistics are weighted to account for the complex sampling design and non-response, with the exception of n’s, which represent observed counts. Within rows, different superscript letters indicate statistically significant differences between food-secure and food-insecure participants after Bonferroni corrections
M mean, SE standard error