Food insecurity, social capital and perceived personal disparity in a predominantly rural region of Texas: An individual-level analysis
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Food insecurity, social capital and perceived personal disparity in a predominantly rural region of Texas : An individual-level analysis. / Dean, Wesley R.; Sharkey, Joseph R.
I: Social Science and Medicine, Bind 72, Nr. 9, 2011, s. 1454-1462.Publikation: Bidrag til tidsskrift › Tidsskriftartikel › Forskning › fagfællebedømt
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T1 - Food insecurity, social capital and perceived personal disparity in a predominantly rural region of Texas
T2 - An individual-level analysis
AU - Dean, Wesley R.
AU - Sharkey, Joseph R.
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Few studies have addressed the association of food insecurity with place of residence and perceptions of collective social functioning such as perceived social capital and perceived personal disparity. This study assessed the association between food insecurity and measures of perceived personal disparity and perceived social capital in a region of Central Texas, USA comprised of one urban and six rural counties. Food insecurity, perceived social capital, perceived personal disparity, and sociodemographic control measures were derived from the 2006 Brazos Valley Community Health Assessment on an analytic sample of 1803 adult participants (74% response rate). Robust multinomial regression models examined associations between food insecurity and perceived personal disparity, perceived social capital, education, age, residence in a poor or low-income household, minority group membership, and rural residence. A model was estimated for food insecurity (n = 1803, p < 0.0001). Residents with low social capital, higher levels of perceived personal disparity, rural residence, residence in a low-income or poor household, minority group membership, and lower levels of educational attainment were more likely to experience food insecurity. Rural residence (p = 0.021) was significant only for the comparison between those who never, and those who often experienced food insecurity, and findings for the stratified rural and urban samples were roughly equivalent to the combined sample. Individual level measures of collective social functioning are important correlates of food insecurity. In this study, both perceived personal disparity and perceived social capital play an important role, regardless of rural or urban residence.
AB - Few studies have addressed the association of food insecurity with place of residence and perceptions of collective social functioning such as perceived social capital and perceived personal disparity. This study assessed the association between food insecurity and measures of perceived personal disparity and perceived social capital in a region of Central Texas, USA comprised of one urban and six rural counties. Food insecurity, perceived social capital, perceived personal disparity, and sociodemographic control measures were derived from the 2006 Brazos Valley Community Health Assessment on an analytic sample of 1803 adult participants (74% response rate). Robust multinomial regression models examined associations between food insecurity and perceived personal disparity, perceived social capital, education, age, residence in a poor or low-income household, minority group membership, and rural residence. A model was estimated for food insecurity (n = 1803, p < 0.0001). Residents with low social capital, higher levels of perceived personal disparity, rural residence, residence in a low-income or poor household, minority group membership, and lower levels of educational attainment were more likely to experience food insecurity. Rural residence (p = 0.021) was significant only for the comparison between those who never, and those who often experienced food insecurity, and findings for the stratified rural and urban samples were roughly equivalent to the combined sample. Individual level measures of collective social functioning are important correlates of food insecurity. In this study, both perceived personal disparity and perceived social capital play an important role, regardless of rural or urban residence.
KW - Collective social functioning
KW - Food insecurity
KW - Inequality
KW - Perceived personal disparity
KW - Rural
KW - Social capital
KW - Urban
KW - USA
U2 - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.015
DO - 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.03.015
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 21497429
AN - SCOPUS:79955524476
VL - 72
SP - 1454
EP - 1462
JO - Social Science & Medicine
JF - Social Science & Medicine
SN - 0277-9536
IS - 9
ER -
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