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Table 4 Associations between food insecurity and the reasons for unmet healthcare need, multivariate logistic regression results

From: Food insecurity and unmet healthcare needs in South Korea

Outcome:

Availability unmet

 

Acceptability unmet

 

Accessibility unmet

 
 

OR

(95% CI)

P-val.

OR

(95% CI)

P-val.

OR

(95% CI)

P-val.

Severe food

0.70

0.73

1.06

0.85

6.15

< 0.01

insecurity

(0.09, 5.61)

 

(0.58, 1.92)

 

(3.91, 9.68)

 

Moderate food

1.21

0.67

1.01

0.96

2.31

< 0.01

insecurity

(0.49, 2.98)

 

(0.76, 1.34)

 

(1.68, 3.19)

 

Food security

Referent

 

Referent

 

Referent

 
  1. Notes: OR, odds ratio; CI, confidence interval. Regressions control for age, gender, marital status, education attainment, employment status, household size, household income, home ownership, private health insurance, urbanicity, housing type, chronic conditions (arthritis, asthma, diabetes, hypertension), self-rated health, and year of survey