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Table 1 Description of sociodemographic characteristics, racial discrimination, food insecurity, and community food environment

From: The community food environment as an effect modifier of the relationship between racial discrimination and food insecurity among adults in Southern Brazil

 

Total

 

Socioeconomic status of household areas

p-value

Lower

Higher

Area 1 (n = 108)

Area 3 (n = 137)

Area 2 (n = 51)

Area 4 (n = 104)

Sex n,%

          

0.743

 Men

100

25.0

24

22.2

33

24.1

15

29.4

28

26.9

 

 Women

300

75.0

84

77.8

104

75.9

36

70.6

76

73.1

 

Age group (years) n,%

          

< 0.001

 19–36

105

26.3

31

28.7

46

33.6

16

31.4

12

11.5

 

 37–49

97

24.3

32

29.6

46

33.6

12

23.5

15

14.4

 

 50–59

110

27.5

25

23.2

38

27.7

6

11.8

38

36.5

 

 ≥ 60

88

22.0

20

18.5

41

29.9

17

33.3

39

37.5

 

Marital status n,%

          

0.131

 With a partner

149

37.3

40

37.0

58

42.3

12

23.5

39

37.5

 

 Without a partner

251

62.8

68

63.0

79

57.7

39

76.5

65

62.5

 

Education (years of schooling), n = 395 n,%

          

< 0.001

 < 8

73

18.5

39

37.5

25

18.4

3

5.9

6

5.8

 

 8–10

73

18.5

23

22.1

32

23.5

3

5.9

15

14.4

 

 11

146

39.9

30

29.9

51

37.5

23

45.1

42

40.4

 

 > 11

103

26.1

12

11.5

28

20.6

22

43.1

41

39.4

 

Family income (MMS) n,%

          

< 0.001

 < 1

22

5.5

11

10.2

9

6.6

1

2.0

1

1.0

 

 1–2

112

28.1

44

40.7

44

32.4

9

17.7

15

14.4

 

 3–5

193

48.4

45

41.7

62

45.6

26

51.0

60

57.7

 

 > 5

72

18.0

8

7.4

21

15.4

15

29.4

28

26.9

 

Food insecurity n,%

          

0.002

 Yes

205

51.2

61

56.5

80

58.8

26

51.0

37

35.6

 

 No

195

47.8

47

43.5

57

41.2

25

49.0

67

64.4

 

Race/skin color n,%

          

0.001

 White

249

62.3

51

47.2

82

59.9

41

80.4

75

72.1

 

 Black

78

19.5

30

27.8

28

20.4

6

11.8

14

13.5

 

 Brown

73

18.3

27

25.0

27

19.7

4

7.8

15

14.4

 

EOD Mean, SD

2.40

5.43

3.25

6.20

2.94

5.98

0.74

2.39

1.63

4.62

< 0.001**

Food environment NEMS-S

          

0.424**

 Mean (SD)

17.6

23.9

6.6

19.6

17.9

25.7

23.2

23.6

19.6

25.4

 

 Median (IQR)

21

-7; 39

1.5

-8;21

22

-12; 39

31

-1;38

20

-1;43

 

 Min-Max

-17 to 62

-16 to 43

-16 to 54

-17 to 58

-15 to 62

 
  1. NEMS-S, Nutrition Environment Measures Survey in Stores; MMS: minimum monthly salary; EOD: Experiences of Discrimination scale
  2. ** P-value of the Kruskal–Wallis H test for comparison scores between areas