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. 2022 Mar 26;22:590. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-12964-w

Table 2.

Logistic regressions of the risk of reporting food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic

(1) (2)
Variables Access Hungry
Female 1.02 (0.08) 1.02 (0.24)
Disabled/long term sick 1.70 (1.31) 8.02 (14.18)
Furloughed 0.34*** (0.07) 2.73*** (0.79)
Single Parent 2.85*** (0.44) 3.39*** (1.54)
Young person 1.13 (0.12) 4.12*** (1.16)
Has kids 0–4 0.88 (0.13) 0.93 (0.37)
Has kids 5–11 1.13 (0.11) 1.19 (0.31)
Has kids 12–15 0.76** (0.09) 1.18 (0.35)
Owns/mortgage house 0.87 (0.09) 0.32*** (0.08)
Log of equivalised household income 0.91 (0.06) 0.56*** (0.10)
No qualifications 0.99 (0.37) 6.94*** (4.69)
Basic (GCSE) 1.08 (0.12) 1.56 (0.47)
Some higher qualifications (A-level) 0.91 (0.10) 1.14 (0.32)
Constant 0.24** (0.17) 0.45 (0.77)
Observations 9,501 9,499
Number of individuals 6,302 6,300

Notes: Odds ratios are shown. Standard errors in parentheses. *** p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05, * p < 0.1