Table 2.

Associations between food insecurity and college completion and degree attained, PSID (n 1574)

	Model 1			Model 2
Food insecurity	OR	95 % CI	P-value	OR	95 % CI	P-value
College degree completion
Yes	0·461	0·304, 0·701	0·001	0·574	0·374, 0·882	0·013
Highest degree achieved*	RRR	95 % CI	P-value	RRR	95 % CI	P-value
Associate’s degree	0·662	0·308, 1·422	0·281	0·633	0·301, 1·331	0·220
Bachelor’s degree	0·453	0·299, 0·689	< 0·001	0·568	0·353, 0·916	0·022
Graduate/professional degree	0·253	0·116, 0·552	0·001	0·388	0·174, 0·864	0·022
First-generation status
College degree completion	OR	95 % CI	P-value	OR	95 % CI	P-value
Yes				0·435	0·307, 0·615	< 0·001
Highest degree achieved*	RRR	95 % CI	P-value	RRR	95 % CI	P-value
Associate’s degree				1·114	0·689, 1·887	0·601
Bachelor’s degree				0·428	0·294, 0·623	< 0·001
Graduate/professional degree				0·213	0·130, 0·348	< 0·001

RRR, relative risk ratio.

Model 1: Logit (for degree completion) and multinomial logit (for degree type) models adjusted for age, sex, race/ethnicity and household position (HSP, Institutional OFUM).

Model 2: Logit (for degree completion) and multinomial logit (for degree type) models adjusted for Model 1 covariates plus first-generation students status and income to needs ratio.

Food insecurity defined as marginal, low and very low food security status.

^*Fifteen people are missing degree information.