Table 3.
Main and Interaction Effects of Adult and Child Food Insecurity on Parents’ Mental Well-Being.
| Predictor | Stress | Anxiety | Depression | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B | SE | p-value | B | SE | p-value | B | SE | p-value | |
| Intercept | 17.93 | 1.82 | <.001 | 56.80 | 2.02 | <.001 | 51.84 | 2.36 | <.001 |
| Age | 0.06 | 0.05 | .203 | 0.05 | 0.05 | .275 | 0.02 | 0.06 | .674 |
| Sex (male) | −1.54 | 0.96 | .109 | −2.22 | 1.07 | .038 | −1.09 | 1.25 | .381 |
| Ethnicity (Hispanic) | −0.98 | 0.86 | .256 | −0.19 | 0.95 | .839 | −0.21 | 1.12 | .852 |
| Race (reference: White) | |||||||||
| Black | −1.91 | 0.80 | .018 | −2.26 | 0.89 | .012 | −4.17 | 1.05 | <.001 |
| Mixed/other | −2.40 | 0.85 | .005 | −1.95 | 0.95 | .040 | −3.13 | 1.11 | .005 |
| Marital status (separated/single) | −0.33 | 0.67 | .620 | 0.02 | 0.74 | .980 | 0.83 | 0.87 | .339 |
| Education (reference: ≥ community college degree) | |||||||||
| ≤ High school | −0.09 | 0.81 | .908 | −1.44 | 0.90 | .110 | −1.14 | 1.05 | .280 |
| Some college | 1.17 | 0.80 | .145 | −0.48 | 0.89 | .592 | −0.06 | 1.04 | .953 |
| Income (<$20,000) | −0.46 | 0.73 | .532 | −1.54 | 0.81 | .057 | −0.58 | 0.94 | .539 |
| Employment (reference: Full-time) | |||||||||
| Not employed | 1.07 | 0.78 | .172 | 1.33 | 0.87 | .127 | 0.42 | 1.02 | .680 |
| Part-time | 0.42 | 0.85 | .626 | −0.16 | 0.95 | .868 | −0.78 | 1.11 | .479 |
| Number of children | −0.23 | 0.25 | .357 | −0.70 | 0.27 | .010 | −0.51 | 0.32 | .109 |
| Adult food insecurity | 2.65 | 0.84 | .002 | 3.02 | 0.94 | .001 | 3.66 | 1.09 | .001 |
| Child food insecurity | 1.31 | 1.52 | .389 | 0.67 | 1.69 | .694 | 4.61 | 1.98 | .020 |
| Adult and child food insecurity | 0.03 | 1.77 | .985 | 2.02 | 1.97 | .305 | −0.90 | 2.30 | .697 |
| R2 | .133 | .184 | .193 | ||||||