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. 2022 Jul 26;9:906646. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.906646

Table 3.

Logistic regression analysis taking the food security/food insecurity as the dependent variable.

Beta p-value ORa 95% Confidence interval
Lower bound Upper bound
Fear of poverty 0.001 0.978 1.001 0.901 1.113
Financial wellbeing scale −0.504 <0.001 0.604 0.514 0.711
Household crowding index 0.412 0.110 1.510 0.911 2.504
Monthly income (low vs. no income*) 0.553 0.263 1.739 0.660 4.580
Monthly income (intermediate vs. no income*) 0.566 0.208 1.760 0.730 4.246
Monthly income (high vs. no income*) 0.290 0.503 1.337 0.572 3.124
Education level (Secondary vs. primary*) −0.990 0.426 0.371 0.032 4.258
Education level (University vs. primary*) −1.682 0.136 0.186 0.020 1.694
Financial status (Average vs. poor*) −0.132 0.657 0.876 0.488 1.571
Financial status (Rich vs. poor*) 0.357 0.770 1.429 0.131 15.540
Employment status (employed vs. unemployed*) 0.059 0.819 1.061 0.640 1.759

Variables entered in the model: fear of poverty, Household crowding index, Financial wellbeing scale, monthly income, education level, employment status and financial status. The * symbol indicates the reference groups.