‘Hunger in early life’: exploring the prevalence and correlates of child food insecurity in Canada

Table 4 Ordinary least squares regression analysis of child food insecurity

Variable	COEF	p	95% CI
Immigration status
No	Reference
Yes	− 0.01	0.57	−0.07	0.04
Visible minority status
No	Reference
Yes	0.11	0.00	0.05	0.16
Living arrangement
Couple	Reference
Lone	0.38	0.00	0.33	0.44
Other	0.00	0.93	−0.06	0.05
Household size
2	Reference
3	0.08	0.03	0.01	0.15
4	0.16	0.00	0.08	0.23
5 or more	0.23	0.00	0.15	0.31
Province
Quebec	Reference
Newfoundland And Labrador	0.14	0.01	0.04	0.24
Prince Edward Island	0.05	0.43	−0.07	0.18
Nova Scotia	0.11	0.01	0.03	0.20
New Brunswick	0.14	0.00	0.04	0.23
Ontario	0.10	0.00	0.06	0.15
Manitoba	0.03	0.44	−0.04	0.10
Saskatchewan	0.06	0.14	−0.02	0.13
Alberta	0.09	0.00	0.04	0.14
British Columbia	0.03	0.20	−0.02	0.09
Yukon	0.07	0.26	−0.05	0.20
Household education
More than secondary education	Reference
Secondary education	0.08	0.00	0.03	0.13
Less than secondary education	0.27	0.00	0.18	0.36
Household income
More than $80 K	Reference
60 K to 80 K	0.12	0.00	0.07	0.16
40 K to 60 K	0.21	0.00	0.16	0.26
20 K to 40 K	0.49	0.00	0.43	0.54
Less than 20 K	0.71	0.00	0.63	0.78
Employment
Yes	Reference
No	0.05	0.01	0.01	0.09
Sense of belonging to community
Very strong	Reference
Somewhat strong	0.02	0.25	−0.02	0.06
Somewhat weak	0.09	0.00	0.05	0.14
Very weak	0.22	0.00	0.15	0.30
Self-rated physical health
Excellent	Reference
Very good	0.02	0.43	−0.02	0.05
Good	0.06	0.01	0.02	0.11
Fair	0.39	0.00	0.31	0.46
Poor	0.59	0.00	0.46	0.72
Self-rated mental health
Excellent	Reference
Very good	0.04	0.03	0.00	0.08
Good	0.10	0.00	0.06	0.15
Fair	0.39	0.00	0.31	0.46
Poor	0.88	0.00	0.74	1.03

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