Clusters of Sociodemographic Characteristics and Their Association with Food Insecurity in Mexican University Students.

ABSTRACT: Food insecurity (FI) expresses irregular access to sufficient, safe, and nutritious food. We analyze the association between clusters of sociodemographic characteristics and FI in university students from Mexico. The Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale was applied, and household type, socioeconomic status (SES), and the characteristics of the head of the household, among others, were asked in a cross-sectional study. We performed Two-Step cluster analysis and logistic regression models. We included 466 university students (72.5% women, 47% with FI). We identified three clusters; Cluster-1 (n = 163) included a single-parent (37.4%) or co-resident/roommate (27%) household type, middle SES (63.2%); the head of the household is usually a woman (76.1%), single (71.8%), and w

SUBMITTER: Nava-Amante PA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11353896 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature