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Table 2 Unadjusted and adjusted models of associations between moderate to severe food insecurity and housing conditions, public services, sociodemographic characteristics of head of household, and height deficit per age in a municipality in the western Brazilian Amazon, 2019

From: Hunger and its associated factors in the western Brazilian Amazon: a population-based study

Variables

Unadjusted model

Adjusted model

PR

CI (95%)

p value

PR

CI (95%)

p value

Home made of wood

1.27

0.97–1.67

0.07**

1.03

0.77–1.38

0.81

Not own home

1.08

0.77–1.52

0.62

   

Number of residents in home > 4

1.32

0.90–1.94

0.15**

1.25

0.85–1.85

0.24

Water supply not public

1.17

0.85–1.62

0.32

   

Lack of water in home

1.09

0.84–1.43

0.48

   

Water not treated

1.17

0.90–1.51

0.22

   

Trash not collected by public service

1.52

1.05–2.19

0.02*

1.13

0.76–1.69

0.52

Sewage deposited in open air

1.42

1.10–1.84

 < 0.001*

   

Street not paved

1.23

0.95–1.59

0.10**

1.11

0.84–1.47

0.43

Income

  < monthly minimum wage

2.13

1.53–2.95

 < 0.001*

1.90

1.36–2.67

 < 0.001*

 Participation in income transfer programs

1.93

1.31–2.83

 < 0.001*

1.63

1.10–2.42

0.01*

Sex

 Male

1

     

 Female

1.29

1.01–1.67

0.04*

1.22

0.94–1.58

0.12

Skin color

 White

1

     

 Non-white

1.47

0.87–2.48

0.14**

1.40

0.82–2.36

0.20

Marital status

 With spouse

1

     

 Without spouse

1.16

0.89–1.51

0.26

   

Schooling

  < 7 years

1.41

1.10–1.83

 < 0.001*

1.34

1.03–1.74

0.02*

  > 8 years

1

     

Occupation

 Formal

1

     

 Informal

1.56

0.85–2.85

0.14**

1.05

0.56–1.97

0.86

Height

 Adequate height for age

1

     

 Very low or low height for age

1.13

0.87–1.47

0.34

   
  1. The bold values highlight that they are statistically significant
  2. PR prevalence ratio. CI confidence interval. Monthly minimum wage: R$ 954
  3. *Statistically significant
  4. **Criterion for inclusion in adjusted model (p < 0.20)