Food insecurity: Comparing odds between working-age veterans and nonveterans with children.
Nurs Outlook
; 69(2): 212-220, 2021.
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| ID: mdl-33070980
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Low-income, working-age Veterans with children have risk for food insecurity. Less known is extent to which their risk compares to nonveterans.PURPOSE:
To evaluate odds of food insecurity for working-age Veterans with children compared to socioeconomically-matched nonveterans with children.METHOD:
We constructed a propensity score-matched cohort using 2011-2014 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey data. Covariate-adjusted logistic regressions estimated Veterans' odds for overall food insecurity and for each level of severity compared to nonveterans.FINDINGS:
We matched 155 Veterans to 310 nonveterans on gender, race/ethnicity, education, income. Models were adjusted for age, marital-status, depression, and listed matched variables. Although Veteran-status had no effect on overall food insecurity (odds ratio = 1.09, 95% confidence interval [0.62,1.93]), Veteran-status increased odds for very low food security (odds ratio = 2.71, 95% confidence interval [1.21, 6.07]).DISCUSSION:
Veterans do not have higher odds of food insecurity than non-veterans, but they are more likely to have the more severe very low food security (often associated with hunger) than non-veterans. Investigation of food insecurity's impact on Veteran health/well-being is needed.Palabras clave
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Asunto principal:
Factores de Edad
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Inseguridad Alimentaria
Tipo de estudio:
Etiology_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Middle aged
País como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Año:
2021
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Article