Table 1.
Characteristics of the University Population and Study Sample (n = 2514)a, 2019
| Variable | University Population n (column %) |
Total Sample n (column %) |
Food Insecure n (column %) |
Housing Insecure n (column %) |
Basic Needs Insecure n (column %) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gender (n = 2510) | |||||
| Female | 15,272 (51.8) | 1754 (69.8) | 858 (70.5) | 1196 (72.0) | 672 (72.3) |
| Male | 14,188 (48.2) | 720 (28.6) | 336 (27.6) | 441 (26.6) | 241 (25.9) |
| Other | – | 36 (1.4) | 23 (1.9) | 24 (1.4) | 17 (1.8) |
| Race (n = 2507) | |||||
| American Indian/Alaskan Native | 55 (0.2) | 4 (0.2) | 4 (0.3) | 1 (.06) | 1 (0.1) |
| Asian | 1105 (3.9) | 174 (6.9) | 64 (5.3) | 102 (6.1) | 46 (5.0) |
| Black or African American | 1705 (6.1) | 106 (4.2) | 71 (5.8) | 66 (4.0) | 48 (5.2) |
| Caucasian or White | 22,575 (80.3) | 2082 (82.8) | 994 (81.9) | 1386 (83.6) | 766 (82.6) |
| Bi or Multiracial | 1043 (3.7) | 97 (3.9) | 54 (4.4) | 73 (4.4) | 45 (4.9) |
| Other | 1646 (5.9) | 44 (1.8) | 27 (2.2) | 29 (1.8) | 21 (2.3) |
| Ethnicity (n = 2509) | |||||
| Hispanic or Latino | 1331 (4.5) | 125 (5.0) | 81 (6.7) | 82 (4.9) | 61 (6.6) |
| Not Hispanic or Latino | 28,129 (95.5) | 2384 (94.8) | 1134 (93.3) | 1577 (95.1) | 867 (93.4) |
| Age mean ± SD (n = 2512) | |||||
| < 18–20 | 13,126 (44.6) | 758 (30.2) | |||
| 21–25 | 11,526 (39.2) | 1130 (44.9) | |||
| 26–30 | 2523 (8.6) | 339 (13.5) | 23.57 ± 5.746 | 23.98 ± 5.505 | 23.94 ± 5.621 |
| 31 and over | 2249 (7.6) | 285 (11.3) | |||
| Year in school (n = 2514) | |||||
| Sophomore | 5015.8 (24.0) | 479 (19.1) | 241 (19.8) | 204 (12.3) | 122 (13.1) |
| Junior | 5272.2 (25.3) | 459 (18.3) | 260 (21.3) | 304 (18.3) | 186 (20.0) |
| Senior | 5694.5 (27.3) | 595 (23.7) | 291 (23.9) | 447 (26.9) | 247 (26.5) |
| Master’s | 3892.5 (18.6) | 468 (18.6) | 207 (17.0) | 321 (19.3) | 183 (19.6) |
| PhD or EdD | ---b | 392 (15.6) | 161 (13.2) | 300 (18.0) | 142 (15.2) |
| First Generation Student Status (n = 2513) | |||||
| First Generation student | __ | 609 (24.2) | 348 (28.6) | 427 (25.7) | 273 (29.3) |
| Not First Generation student | __ | 1904 (75.7) | 870 (71.4) | 1235 (74.3) | 658 (70.7) |
aItem-level sample size varied
bUniversity data combined PhD or EdD demographics into Master’s demographic