Demographics

All households

Food insecure households

Food secure households

p-value

n

%

n

%

n

%

Food security (missing information on n = 4)

1936

521

26.9%

1415

73.1%

Respondent sex

0.0014

Male

303

15.6%

59

19.5%

244

80.5%

Female

1635

84.4%

462

28.3%

1169

71.5%

Missing information

2

Respondent race

0.0486

Non-White

1345

70.5%

378

28.1%

965

71.7%

White

562

29.5%

133

23.7%

427

76.0%

Missing information

33

Is respondent’s spouse or partner present

0.4105

No

1680

88.3%

459

27.3%

1217

72.4%

Yes

222

11.7%

55

24.8%

167

75.2%

Missing information

38

Household receiving food stamps (SNAP)

<0.0001

No

949

49.4%

197

20.8%

752

79.2%

Yes

973

50.6%

319

32.8%

650

66.8%

Missing information

18

Respondent education

0.0011

Eighth grade or less

207

10.8%

66

31.9%

140

67.6%

Beyond eighth but not high school graduate

417

21.8%

132

31.7%

284

68.1%

GED—general education diploma

150

7.8%

49

32.7%

101

67.3%

High school graduation

460

24.0%

117

25.4%

342

74.3%

Trade or vocational school

99

5.2%

28

28.3%

71

71.7%

One to three years of college

424

22.2%

99

23.3%

324

76.4%

Graduated four year college

94

4.9%

15

16.0%

79

84.0%

Some graduate education

17

0.9%

*ND*

*ND*

Graduate degree

46

2.4%

*ND*

*ND*

Missing information

26

Any child with limiting condition

0.0002

No

1473

75.9%

365

24.8%

1105

75.0%

Yes

467

24.1%

156

33.4%

310

66.4%

Number of children with limiting condition

0.0007

0

1473

75.9%

365

24.8%

1105

75.0%

1

371

19.1%

120

32.3%

250

67.4%

2+

96

5.0%

36

37.5%

60

62.5%