Predictors of households at risk for food insecurity in the United States during the COVID-19 pandemic.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine associations between sociodemographic and mental health characteristics with household risk for food insecurity during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Design

Cross-sectional online survey analysed using univariable tests and a multivariable logistic regression model.

Setting

The United States during the week of 30 March 2020.

Participants

A convenience sample of 1965 American adults using Amazon's Mechanical Turk platform. Participants reporting household food insecurity prior to the pandemic were excluded from analyses.

Results

One thousand two hundred and fifty participants reported household food security before the COVID-19 outbreak. Among this subset, 41 % were identified as at risk for food insecurity after COVID-19, 55 % were women and

SUBMITTER: Lauren BN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8207551 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature