Food insecurity in a city in the extreme south of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2016: a population-based study

Dias, Mariane da Silva; Dumith, Samuel de Carvalho; Vaz, Juliana dos Santos; Susin, Lulie Rosane Odeh

doi:10.5123/S1679-49742020000200007

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ORIGINAL ARTICLES • Epidemiol. Serv. Saúde 29 (2) • 2020 • https://doi.org/10.5123/S1679-49742020000200007 linkcopy

Food insecurity in a city in the extreme south of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2016: a population-based study^*

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Objective: to analyze the occurrence of food insecurity and associated factors in Rio Grande, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, in 2016.

Methods: this was a cross-sectional population-based study using data obtained by interviewing heads of household; Poisson regression with robust variance adjustment was used.

Results: 675 households were included; food insecurity prevalence was 35.2% (95%CI31.6;39.0) and its occurrence was associated with heads of household being female (PR=1.49 - 95%CI1.17;1.90), not being white-skinned (PR=1.49 - 95%CI1.18;1.88), being younger, unmarried (PR=1.39 - 95%CI 1.07;1.81), belonging to the lowest education bracket (PR=1.58; 95%CI 1.17;2,12), belonging to the first and second assets index tertiles, having insufficient money to meet expenses (PR=2.22 - 95%CI 1.76;2.80), being obese (PR=1.39 - 95%CI 1.13;1.71), and being a smoker (PR=1.28 - 95%CI 1.05;1.56).

Conclusion: food insecurity was associated with all factors studied except alcohol abuse.

Keywords:
Food and Nutrition Security; Socioeconomic Factors; Social Vulnerability; Health Surveys; Cross-Sectional Studies

Variables	n	%
Sex
Male	259	38.4
Female	416	61.6
Race/skin color ^a
White	561	83.2
Black. brown and other	113	16.8
Age group (in years)
18-39	191	28.3
40-59	278	41.2
≥60	206	30.5
Schooling (in years of study) ^a
0-8	301	44.6
9-11	196	29.1
≥12	177	26.3
Number of dwellers in the household
Up to 3	487	72.2
4 or more	188	27.8
Assets index
1^st (worst situation)	273	40.5
2^nd	208	30.8
3^rd (best situation)	194	28.7
Sufficient money to pay expenses^b
No/partly	258	38.4
Yes	414	61.6
Marital status
Married	247	36.6
Single	264	39.1
Widowed/separated	164	24.3
Nutritional status^c
Low weight	11	1.7
Normal weight	246	37.9
Overweight	244	37.7
Obese	147	22.7
Currently smokes tobacco
Non-smoker	533	79.0
Smoker	142	21.0
Alcohol abuse^a
No	599	88.9
Yes	75	11.1

Variables	Prevalence %	Crude PR^a (95%CI^b)	p-value^c	Adjusted PR^a (95%CIb)	p-value.^c
Sex			0.001		0.002
Male	26.7	1.00		1.00
Female	40.5	1.51(1.20;1.91)		1.49(1.17;1.90)
Race/skin color			<0.001		0.001
White	32.2	1.00		1.00
Non-White	50.4	1.57(1.25;1.96)		1.49(1.18;1.88)
Age group (in years)			<0.001		<0.001
18-39	45.6	2.11(1.54;2.90)		1.93(1.42;2.62)
40-59	38.1	1.77(1.29;2.42)		1.38(1.33;2.44)
≥60	21.6	1.00		1.00
Marital status			<0.001		0.021
Married	25.6	1.00		1.00
Single/widowed/separated	40.8	1.59(1.25;2.03)		1.39(1.07;1.81)
Schooling (in years of study)			<0.001		0.012
0-8	44.8	2.20(1.60;3.03)		1.58(1.17;2.12)
9-11	34.2	1.68(1.18;2.39)		1.33(1.00;1.78)
≥12	20.3	1.00		1.00
Assets index			<0.001		<0.001
1^st tertile (worst situation)	49.1	3.97(2.79;5.64)		2.40(1.66;3.46)
2^nd tertile	38.5	3.11(2.13;4.53)		2.13(1.49;3.05)
3^rd tertile (best situation)	12.4	1.00		1.00
Number of dwellers in the household			<0.001		0.001
Up to 3	29.1	1.00		1.00
4 or more	51.1	1.76(1.46;2.11)		1.32(1.12;1.56)
Sufficient money to pay expenses			<0.001		<0.001
No	59.9	3.02(2.37;3.85)		2.22(1.76;2.80)
Yes	19.9	1.00		1.00
Nutritional status			0.146		0.031
Low weight	45.5	1.47(0.75;2.87)		1.17(0.74;1.85)
Normal weight	31.4	1.00		1.00
Overweight	34.8	1.12(0.88;1.44)		1.24(1.00;1.53)
Obese	41.5	1.34(1.03;1.73)		1.39(1.13;1.71)
Currently smokes tobacco			0.002		0.021
No	31.8	1.00		1.00
Yes	47.9	1.50(1.17;1.93)		1.28(1.05;1.56)
Alcohol abuse			0.890		0.063
No	35.2	1.00		1.00
Yes	36.0	1.01(0.63;1.62)		1.11(0.73;1.67)

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[TFN9] a) 1 missing na variável.

[TFN10] b) 3 missings na variável.

[TFN11] c) 27 missings na variável.

Food insecurity in a city in the extreme south of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2016: a population-based study*

Food insecurity in a city in the extreme south of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2016: a population-based study^*