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Table 5 Food insecurity proportion estimates –adjusted prevalence rates by age category and gender

From: The new normal for food insecurity? A repeated cross-sectional survey over 1 year during the COVID-19 pandemic in Australia

 

Survey 1: lockdown n = 1067

Survey 2: restrictions eased n = 1133

Survey 3: 1-year post-lockdown i1117

 

n

p

95% CI

n

p

95% CI

n

p

95% CI

Gender

 Female

841

25.5%

[22.6, 28.5]

746

16.4%

[13.9, 19.2]

718

16.6%

[14.0, 19.5]

 Male

249

25.7%

[20.6, 31.5]

295

20.0%

[15.8, 25.0]

345

19.7%

[15.8, 24.3]

Age

 18–29

78

33.3%

[23.7, 44.6]

55

32.7%

[21.6, 46.2]

54

44.4%

[31.7, 57.9]

 30–39

140

29.3%

[22.3, 37.4]

98

21.4%

[14.4, 30.7]

81

22.2%

[14.4, 32.6]

 40–49

224

26.9%

[21.5, 33.1]

187

24.7%

[19.0, 31.5]

172

26.9%

[20.8, 34.1]

 50–59

240

25.0%

[19.9, 30.9]

236

16.9%

[12.7, 22.3]

240

14.6%

[10.6, 19.7]

 60–69

234

23.5%

[18.5, 29.4]

263

14.1%

[10.4, 18.8]

273

12.8%

[9.3, 17.3]

 70+

152

20.4%

[14.7, 27.6]

179

8.4%

[5.1, 13.5]

239

12.1%

[8.6, 16.9]

  1. n number of participants in each category, adjusted prevalence rates, 95% CI 95% confidence interval