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Table 1 Frequencies for key demographics by food secure (FS) and food insecurity (FI) status among college freshmen across time points

From: Hungry to learn: the prevalence and effects of food insecurity on health behaviors and outcomes over time among a diverse sample of university freshmen

 

Time 1

Time 2

Time 3

Time 4

 

Total

FS

FI

Total

FS

FI

Total

FS

FI

Total

FS

FI

Total, n(%)

1138

815 (72)

323 (28)

555

360 (65)

195 (35)

428

292 (68)

136 (32)

400

258 (64)

142 (36)

Gender, n(%)

            

 Female

741 (65)

540 (66)

201 (62)

402 (72)

261 (72)

141 (72)

315 (74)

222 (76)

93 (68)

291 (73)

191 (74)

100 (70)

 Male

397 (35)

275 (34)

122 (38)

153 (28)

99 (28)

54 (28)

113 (26)

70 (24)

43 (32)

109 (27)

67 (26)

42 (30)

Race/ethnicity, n(%)

            

 White

576 (51)

431 (53)

145 (45)

274 (49)

183 (51)

91 (47)

200 (47)

142 (49)

58 (43)

180 (45)

123 (48)

57 (40)

 Hispanic

277 (24)

181 (22)

96 (30)

129 (23)

83 (23)

46 (24)

109 (25)

69 (24)

40 (29)

103 (26)

56 (22)

47 (33)

 Black

104 (9)

77 (9)

27 (8)

61 (11)

33 (9)

28 (14)

47 (11)

33 (11)

14 (10)

48 (12)

32 (12)

16 (11)

 Other

181 (16)

126 (15)

55 (17)

91 (16)

61 (17)

30 (15)

72 (17)

48 (16)

24 (18)

69 (17)

47 (18)

22 (15)

Pell Grant status, n(%)T1

            

 No

766 (67)

575 (71)

191 (59)

360 (65)

247 (69)

113 (58)

279 (65)

195 (67)

84 (62)

252 (63)

173 (67)

79 (56)

 Yes

372 (33)

240 (29)

132 (41)

195 (35)

113 (31)

82 (42)

149 (35)

97 (33)

52 (38)

148 (37)

85 (33)

63 (44)

Residence hall, n(%)B,T2, T3

            

 A

681 (60)

473 (58)

208 (64)

267 (48)

153 (42)

114 (58)

197 (46)

121 (41)

76 (56)

195 (49)

116 (45)

79 (56)

 B

457 (40)

342 (42)

115 (36)

288 (52)

207 (57)

81 (42)

231 (54)

171 (59)

60 (44)

205 (51)

142 (55)

63 (44)

  1. T1, T2, T3chi-square test significant at p ≤ 0.01 at Times 1,2, and 3. No significant bivariate associations were observed at Time 4 [T4]
  2. BResidence hall indicates residents from one campus. Residence hall B indicates all other resident participants