Relation of Food Insecurity and Hemoglobin Level in Preschool Aged Children

Table 2

Socioeconomic and demographic characteristics association with household food insecurity status. Taubaté, São Paulo, Brazil, 2014.

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

Chi-Square Test, Student t-test, Mann–Whitney test, wage: US 306; and SD: standard deviation.