The intersection of food insecure populations in the Midwest U.S. and rates of chronic health conditions

Table 3 USDA food security status and demographics cross-tabulation

Food security level	Sex		Age				Income levels			Poverty level % of county pop.
Food security level	Male (A)	Female (B)	18–24 (C)	25–44 (D)	45–64 (E)	65 + (F)	Low (G)	Middle (H)	High (I)	Low (J)	Mid (K)	High (L)
All Adults
Count	607	658	96	415	485	269	407	425	433	280	815	170
High food security	61.8^B	67.9^A	51.0^EF	48.7^EF	70.9^CDF	84.4^CDE	47.2^HI	68.7^GI	78.1^GH	72.9^KL	63.3^J	60.0^J
Food insecure	28.5^B	21.9^A	35.4^EF	40.2^EF	18.1^CDF	10.4^CDE	34.4^HI	22.1^G	19.2^G	17.5^KL	26.0^J	31.7^J
Low food security	9.7	9.6	16.7^EF	13.0^EF	7.4^CD	5.9^CD	14.5^I	10.4^I	4.4^GH	6.8	10.4	10.6
Very low food security	18.8^B	12.3^A	18.8^EF	27.2^EF	10.7^CDF	4.5^CDE	19.9^HI	11.8^G	14.8^G	10.7^KL	15.6^JL	22.4^JK
Households with children
Count	190	170	28	250	75	7	52	132	176	77	239	54
High food security	38.4^B	53.5^A	32.1^EF	42.8^EF	56.0^CD	85.7^CD	17.3^HI	44.7^G	54.5^G	53.2	43.7	42.6
Food insecure	48.9^B	37.6^A	57.1^EF	46.4^E	32.0^CD	14.3^C	59.6^HI	40.2^G	41.5^G	35.1	45.4	48.1
Low food security	12.6	18.2	32.1^D	13.2^C	16.0	14.3	34.6^HI	18.2^GI	7.4^GH	19.5	14.0	14.8
Very low food security	36.3^B	19.4^A	25.0	33.2^E	16.0^D	0.0	25.0	22.0^I	34.1^H	15.6^KL	31.4^J	33.3^J
Households without children
Count	343	406	46	140	341	222	297	243	209	166	486	97
High food security	72.3	72.4	56.5^EF	58.6^EF	71.8^CDF	85.1^CDE	51.2^HI	80.2^GI	93.3^GH	79.5^KL	70.8^J	68.0^J
Food insecure	19.0	17.5	30.4^EF	30.7^EF	16.7^CDF	9.9^CDE	31.0^HI	14.4^GI	4.3^GH	10.2^KL	18.9^JL	27.8^JK
Low food security	7.6	8.4	15.2^EF	15.0^EF	5.9^CD	5.4^CD	13.5^HI	7.0^GI	1.4^GH	2.4^KL	9.3^J	11.3^J
Very low food security	11.4	9.1	15.2^F	15.7^F	10.9^F	4.5^CDE	17.5^HI	7.4^GI	2.9^GH	7.8^L	9.7^L	16.5^JK

For each demographic category (i.e., sex, age), each value of one column marked with a superscript of another column denotes significant difference at the .05 level. No superscript denotes no difference. No calculations were done across demographic categories. High food security and food insecure do not sum to 100. The difference is for a category called marginal food security. The difference in “households with Children” and “households without children” can be accounted for by a group of respondents for whom specific household make up could not be determined; these are known as ambiguous households (n = 156)

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