TABLE 1.

Characteristics of survey respondents compared by food security status

Independent variable	Category	Overall significance a	Total n (% of N = 1292)	High‐marginal food security n = 837 (64.8%)	Low food security n = 251 (19.4%)	Very low food security n = 204 (15.8%)
Gender		0.175
	Male		603 (46.7%)	380 (45.4%)	131 (52.2%)	92 (45.1%)
	Female		689 (53.3%)	457 (54.6%)	120 (47.8%)	112 (54.9%)
Age (y)		<0.001**
	19‐24		187 (14.5%)	88 (10.5%)	62 (24.7%)	37 (18.1%)
	25‐ 34		254 (19.7%)	142 (17.0%)	62 (24.7%)	50 (24.5%)
	35‐44		220 (17.0%)	119 (14.2%)	52 (20.7)	49 (0.24%)
	45‐54		226 (17.5%)	158 (18.9%)	35 (0.14%)	33 (16.2%)
	55‐64		210 (16.3%)	160 (19.1%)	30 (0.12%)	20 (9.8%)
	65‐84		195 (15.1%)	170 (20.3%)	10 (0.04%)	15 (7.4%)
Marital status		0.016**
	Widowed		33 (2.6%)	28 (3.3%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.5%)
	Divorced/Separated		137 (10.6%)	85 (10.2%)	21 (8.4%)	31 (15.2%)
	Married/De facto		770 (59.6%)	528 (63.1%)	132 (52.6%)	110 (53.9%)
	Single		352 (27.2%)	196 (23.4%)	96 (38.2%)	60 (29.4%)
Household income ($AUD)		<0.001**
	Very low (<$18,000)		40 (3.1%)	13 (1.6%)	15 (6.0%)	12 (5.9%)
	Low ($18,001‐37,000)		398 (30.8%)	241 (28.8%)	75 (29.9%)	82 (40.2%)
	Middle ($37,001‐87,000)		311 (24.1%)	202 (24.1%)	62 (24.7%)	47 (23.0%)
	High ($87,001‐180,000)		305 (23.6%)	212 (25.3%)	54 (21.5%)	39 (19.1%)
	Very high (>$180,000)		122 (9.4%)	86 (10.3%)	22 (8.8%)	14 (6.9%)
	Did not answer		116 (9.0%)	83 (9.9%)	23 (9.2%)	10 (4.9%)
Education completed		0.050*
	Secondary or less		336 (26.0%)	206 (24.6%)	74 (29.5%)	56 (27.5%)
	Vocational b		515 (39.9%)	328 (39.2%)	96 (38.2%)	91 (44.6%)
	University		427 (33.0%)	291 (34.8%)	81 (32.3%)	55 (27.0%)

^a Multinomial logistic regression was used to establish significance.

^b Vocational considered to be postsecondary.

^* p ≤ .05;

^** p ≤ .01.