Table 5.
Multinomial logistic regression model predicting food insecurity
| No hardship vs present hardship (ref) | Recent hardship vs present hardship (ref) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RRR | RRR | |||
| (95% CI) | P value | (95% CI) | P value | |
| Medicaid | 0.34 | < 0.001 | 0.79 | 0.364 |
| (0.23,0.50) | (0.48,1.31) | |||
| Education | ||||
| High school | 0.87 | 0.581 | 0.68 | 0.177 |
| (0.54,1.42) | (0.39,1.19) | |||
| Some college | 0.89 | 0.653 | 0.87 | 0.650 |
| (0.52,1.50) | (0.48,1.58) | |||
| College + | 1.89 | 0.051 | 0.96 | 0.919 |
| (0.998,3.58) | (0.46,2.01) | |||
| Income-to-poverty ratio | 1.46 | < 0.001 | 1.24 | 0.008 |
| (1.28,1.67) | (1.06,1.45) | |||
| Race/ethnicity | ||||
| Non-Hispanic Black | 1.10 | 0.714 | 1.81 | 0.043 |
| (0.65,1.88) | (1.02,3.20) | |||
| Hispanic | 0.92 | 0.722 | 1.39 | 0.179 |
| (0.60,1.43) | (0.86,2.23) | |||
| Other race/ethnicity | 0.67 | 0.161 | 0.79 | 0.500 |
| (0.38,1.18) | (0.40,1.57) | |||
| Multiple race/ethnicity | 0.95 | 0.914 | 1.04 | 0.949 |
| (0.41,2.25) | (0.36,3.00) | |||
| Language other than English spoken at home | 1.38 | 0.189 | 1.08 | 0.775 |
| (0.85,2.24) | (0.64,1.82) | |||
| Marital status | ||||
| Previously married | 0.40 | < 0.001 | 0.62 | 0.031 |
| (0.27,0.58) | (0.40,0.96) | |||
| Never married | 0.72 | 0.168 | 0.71 | 0.205 |
| (0.45,1.15) | (0.41,1.21) | |||
| # of children in home | 0.98 | 0.830 | 0.87 | 0.221 |
| (0.80,1.19) | (0.70,1.09) | |||
| Age of youngest child | 1.00 | 0.910 | 0.99 | 0.738 |
| (0.96,1.04) | (0.95,1.04) | |||
Data: 2014 Survey of Income and Program Participation; N = 2422
Bolded coefficients are statistically significant at P < .05
RRR relative risk ratio