| Variables | Food security | Food insecurity | values | (%) | (%) |
| Socioeconomic characteristics | | Maternal education | | ≤8 years | 41 (22,7) | 59 (46,8) | <0,001 | >8 years | 140 (77,3) | 67 (53,2) | Income per capita | | <0,25 wage | 19 (10,7) | 36 (29) | <0,001 | ≥0,25 wage | 158 (89,3) | 88 (71,0) | Cash transfer program | | | | Yes | 36 (19,9) | 54 (42,5) | <0,001 | No | 145 (80,1) | 73 (57,5) | Child characteristics | | Child mean age in months | SD | SD | 0,913 | Sex | | Male | 71 (39,2) | 69 (54,3) | 0,009 | Female | 110 (60,8) | 58 (45,7) | Permanence daycare center | | | | Partial time (4 hours) | 85 (47) | 66 (52) | 0,387 | Full time (8 hours) | 96 (53) | 61 (48) | Nutritional status of children | | | | Hemoglobin level (g/dL) | SD | SD | 0,01 | Weight-for-length (Z-scores) | SD | SD | 0,296 | Length-for-age (Z-scores) | SD | SD | 0,076 | Weight-for-age (Z-scores) | SD | SD | 0,816 |
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