Research Article
Household Food Insecurity and Psychosocial Dysfunction in Ecuadorian Elementary Schoolchildren
Table 1
Sample sociodemographic characteristics (n=279).
| | | Mean ± SD or
No. (%) |
| | Child Characteristics | |
| | Age (yrs) | 9.0 ± 1.9 |
| | 6 | 31 (11.1) |
| | 7 | 39 (14.0) |
| | 8 | 43 (15.4) |
| | 9 | 47 (16.8) |
| | 10 | 52 (18.6) |
| | 11 | 33 (11.8) |
| | 12 | 34 (12.2) |
| | Gender (female) | 155 (55.6) |
| | Ethnicity (Mestizo) | 258 (92.5) |
| | Anemia | 91 (32.6) |
| | Maternal Characteristics | |
| | Age (yrs) | 35.6 ± 8.1 |
| | Formal education (yrs completed) | 7.8 ± 3.8 |
| | Marital status (legally married) | 176 (63.1) |
| | Full-time stay-at-home mother | 124 (44.4) |
| | SF-36 MCS score | 67.0 ± 14 |
| | Household Characteristics | |
| | Household participation in any social safety net programs | 20 (7.2) |
| | Monthly per capita household income (U.S.$) | 127 ± 91 |
| | Household size (members) | 4.7 ± 1.4 |
| | No. minor children in home | 2.3 ± 0.9 |
| | Neighborhoods: El Camal | 102 (36.6) |
| | Cotocollao | 114 (40.9) |
| | Alangasi | 63 (22.6) |
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