Table 5.

Multivariate associations of sociodemographic characteristics with food insecurity in terms of adjusted odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI).

Variables		Food insecurity
		(Ref: Food secure to mild food insecurity)
		Unadjusted OR	95% CI
Gender
	Female****	Ref	Ref
	Male	0.770	0.395–1.501
Location
	Port-of-Spain****	Ref	Ref
	San Fernando	3.168	0.538–18.657
	Arima	0.469	0.120–1.835
	Chaguanas	0.956	0.275–3.320
	Diego Martin	0.762	0.210–2.760
	San Juan/Lavantille	0.609	0.141–2.620
	Tunapuna/Piarco	0.876	0.269–2.854
	Couva/Tabaquite/Talparo	1.089	0.174–6.834
	Penal/Debe	3.074	0.503–18.789
	Other	1.317	0.273–6.356
Employed
	No****	Ref	Ref
	Yes	0.112	0.016–0.763
	Non-response	Inf	Inf
Work days/week
	1–2 days****	Ref	Ref
	3–5 days	1.732	0.540–5.552
	>5 days	1.237	0.327–4.676
	Non-response	0.442	0.049–3.952
Monthly income
	<500 TTD****	Ref	Ref
	500–1,000 TTD	0.612	0.162–2.309
	1,001–1,500 TTD	0.597	0.129–2.773
	1,501–2,000 TTD	1.229	0.245–6.172
	>2,000 TTD	0.318	0.075–1.338
	Non-response	0.371	0.083–1.651
Pays rent
	No****	Ref	Ref
	Yes	7.325	1.965–27.312
	Non-response	Inf	Inf
Household size
	1–2 persons****	Ref	Ref
	3–5 persons	0.822	0.363–1.861
	>5 persons	0.590	0.225–1.546
	Non-response	Inf	Inf
Presence of chronic illness
	No****	Ref	Ref
	Yes	2.111	0.688–6.477

****Reference category.

Inf: all of the persons in this category were food insecure.