Table 1.
Participant Characteristics
| Variable |
All participants n = 2,688 N (%) |
Food Secure n = 2,446 N (%) |
Food Insecure n = 242 N (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Male Sex | 1409 (52.4%) | 1271 (51.9%) | 138 (57.0%) |
| Age | |||
| 2–6 years old | 998 (37.1%) | 894 (36.6%) | 104 (42.9%) |
| 7–10 years old | 801 (29.8%) | 726 (29.7%) | 75 (31%) |
| 11–13 years old | 505 (18.8%) | 456 (18.6%) | 49 (20.3%) |
| 14+ years old | 384 (14.3%) | 370 (15.1%) | 14 (5.8%) |
| # Parents at home | |||
| 0 | 65 (2.7%) | 57 (2.65%) | 8 (3.7%) |
| 1 | 883 (37.2%) | 798 (37%) | 85 (39.4%) |
| 2 | 1422 (60.0%) | 1300 (60.3%) | 122 (56.5%) |
| 3 | 1 (0.04%) | 0 (0%) | 1 (0.5%) |
| # Siblings at home | |||
| 0 | 281 (10.9%) | 258 (11%) | 23 (9.8%) |
| 1 | 698 (27.1%) | 645 (27.6%) | 53 (22.5%) |
| 2 | 787 (30.6%) | 711 (30.4%) | 76 (32.2%) |
| 3+ | 807 (31.4%) | 723 (30.9%) | 84 (35.6%) |
| # Other adults at home (non-parents) | |||
| 0 | 1950 (72.5%) | 1776 (72.6%) | 174 (71.9%) |
| 1+ | 738 (27.5%) | 670 (27.4%) | 68 (28.1%) |
| # Other children at home (non-siblings) | |||
| 0 | 2307 (85.8%) | 2096 (85.7%) | 211 (87.2%) |
| 1+ | 381 (14.2%) | 350 (14.3%) | 31 (12.8%) |
| Tobacco Exposure- | |||
| Active Exposure | 4 (0.2%) | 4 (0.2%) | 0 (0%) |
| Passive Exposure | 357 (15.1%) | 300 (14.1%) | 57 (25.1%) |
| No Active or Passive Exposure | 2000 (84.7%) | 1830 (85.8%) | 170 (74.9%) |
| Insurance Type | |||
| Medicaid | 2014 (95.6%) | 1839 (95.3%) | 175 (98.9%) |
| Other | 93 (4.4%) | 91 (4.7%) | 2 (1.1%) |
| Race | |||
| White | 90 (3.4%) | 81 (3.3%) | 9 (3.7%) |
| Black | 580 (21.8%) | 520 (21.5%) | 60 (24.9%) |
| Hispanic | 1883 (70.7%) | 1723 (71.1%) | 160 (66.4%) |
| Other | 111 (4.2%) | 99 (4.1%) | 12 (4.9%) |
| Neighborhood with low access to supermarket* | 1533 (64.8%) | 1397 (64.8%) | 136 (65.4%) |
| Neighborhood Poverty Rate** | 32.3 (16.7) | 31.9 (16.7) | 35.9 (16.0) |
| BMI Category*** | |||
| Underweight | 38 (1.4$) | 35 (1.5%) | 3 (1.2%) |
| Healthy Weight | 1483 (44.9%) | 1330 (55.1%) | 153 (63.5%) |
| Overweight | 460 (17.3%) | 417 (17.3%) | 43 (17.8%) |
| Obese | 674 (25.4%) | 632 (26.2%) | 42 (17.4%) |
| BMI z-score | 0.80 (1.11) | 0.82 (1.11) | 0.65 (1.08) |
*
Low access is defined as living in a census tract where at least 500 people or 33% of the population live greater than one mile from a supermarket, supercenter, or large grocery store in an urban area or greater than ten miles from a supermarket, supercenter, or large grocery store in a rural area
**
Poverty rate is defined as the percent of households in a geographic area that live below 100% of the federal poverty level
***
BMI categories are defined as Underweight (BMI less than the 5th percentile for age), Healthy Weight (BMI between the 5th and 85th percentiles for age), Overweight (BMI between the 85th and 95th percentiles for age), and Obese (BMI greater than the 95th percentile for age)