Table 1:

Demographic characteristics of 1,033 college students with meal plans at a large, public Midwestern university by food security status: survey data from November 2018

	Total (n=1,033)		Food secure (n=891)		Food insecure (n=142)		P-value
	N	%	N	%	N	%
Agea, mean (SE)b	18.5	(0.03)	18.5	(0.03)	18.4	(0.06)	0.33
Class yearc							0.45
First-year student	786	76.1	678	76.1	108	76.1
Second-year student	182	17.6	159	17.9	23	16.2
Third, fourth, or fifth-year student	65	6.3	54	6.1	11	7.8
Sexc							0.11
Male	537	52.0	472	53.0	65	45.8
Female	496	48.0	419	47.0	77	54.2
Race/ethnicityc							0.003
Non-Hispanic White	570	55.2	495	55.6	75	52.8
Non-Hispanic Black	44	4.3	34	3.8	10	7.0
Hispanic	56	5.4	41	4.6	15	10.6
Asian	284	27.5	257	28.8	27	19.0
Other race/ethnicityd	79	7.7	64	7.2	15	10.6
First generation studentc							<.0001
No	873	84.5	773	86.8	100	70.4
Yes	160	15.5	118	13.2	42	29.6
Pell grant recipientc							<.0001
No	794	76.9	706	79.2	88	62.0
Yes	239	23.1	185	20.8	54	38.0

^aDifferences in age between food-secure and food-insecure groups assessed using simple linear regression.

^bSE = standard error

^cDifferences in categorical variables between food-secure and food-insecure groups assessed using Chi-squared tests.

^dIncludes students identifying as Middle Eastern/ North African, Pacific Islander, individuals identifying as multi-racial or multiethnic, and individuals not identifying as any of the listed racial/ethnic categories