Variables | Total | Food secure household | Food insecure household | t or chi-square |
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Household food availability | ||||
Purchasing food | 82.4(140) | 82.0(91) | 83.1(49) | 0.03 |
Farming or home gardening | 20.0(34) | 24.3(27) | 11.9(7) | 3.74 |
Private food assistance | 18.8(32) | 19.8(22) | 17.0(10) | 0.21 |
Public food assistance program | 52.4(89) | 45.1(50) | 66.1(39) | 6.85** |
Household food accessibility | ||||
Having intangible support for food purchasing from family | 8.8(15) | 12.6(14) | 1.7(1) | 5.98 |
Having intangible support for food purchasing from neighbors | 6.5(11) | 4.5(5) | 10.2(6) | 2.04 |
Community food availability, objective indices | ||||
Places to purchase food | ||||
Traditional market | 35.3(60) | 34.2(38) | 37.3(22) | 0.16 |
Super market | 13.5(23) | 11.7(13) | 17.0(10) | 0.90 |
Super supermarket | 45.3(77) | 48.7(54) | 39.0(23) | 2.02 |
Community food availability, perceptiona | ||||
No various foods in the nearest food store | 8.2(14) | 5.4(6) | 13.6(8) | 3.40 |
Community food accessibility, objective indices | ||||
Transportation to the nearest food storesb | 0.59 | |||
By walk | 43.5(74) | 41.4(46) | 47.5(28) | |
By driving | 38.8(66) | 40.5(45) | 35.6(21) | |
Distance to the nearest food stores (min) | ||||
By walkc | 17.1±12.3 | 15.9±13.8 | 19.1±9.0 | 1.21 |
By drivingc | 20.7±9.1 | 21.7±8.5 | 18.6±10.1 | 1.67 |
Community food accessibility, perceptiona | ||||
Having difficulties in food purchasing due to food stores far from home | 25.9(44) | 16.2(18) | 44.1(26) | 16.46*** |
Having difficulties in food purchasing due to bus stop far from home | 15.9(27) | 18.9(21) | 10.2(6) | 2.44 |
Having difficulties in food purchasing due to inconvenience bus route | 11.8(20) | 16.2(18) | 3.4(2) | 6.47* |