Food insecurity and disability among working-age and older adults.

Hadfield-Spoor, Mia, Avendano, Mauricio and Loopstra, Rachel (2024) Food insecurity and disability among working-age and older adults. Public health nutrition, 27 (1). e84-.

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Abstract

<h4>Objective</h4>To explore relationships between disability, food insecurity (FI) and age and examine how socio-economic factors impact risk of FI among disabled people in working and older age.<h4>Design</h4>Logistic regression models used to analyse the contribution of socio-economic factors to gaps in risk of FI for disabled people. In models stratified into working and older age groups, differences in risk of FI for disabled and non-disabled people were examined by employment, education and assets.<h4>Setting</h4>England, Wales and Northern Ireland, 2016 and 2018.<h4>Participants</h4>A representative sample of 6187 adults aged 16+, of whom 28 % were disabled, from the Food & You survey.<h4>Results</h4>The gap in FI risk by disability status decreased as age increased. For ages 25-34 for disabled <i>v</i>. non-disabled people, risk of FI was 31 % (95 % CI 21-41 %) <i>v</i>. 10 % (8-12 %); at ages 45 to 54, it was 18 % (11-23 %) <i>v</i>. 7 % (5-8 %), and at ages 75+, there was no gap in risk. Accounting for socio-economic variables halved the gap in risk among working ages. However, among working-age adults, FI among disabled people in full-time work was 15 % (11-20 %) compared with only 7 % (6-9 %) among non-disabled people in full-time work. Among older people, disabled people without savings were at higher risk of FI (5 % (3-7 %)) than non-disabled people without savings (2 % (1-3 %)) but having savings closed risk gap.<h4>Conclusions</h4>Socio-economic resources partially explain disparities in FI risk when disabled. Disparities remained for people in full-time work and among people without savings in older age.

Item Type:	Article
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Humans, Food Supply, Aged, Educational Status, Employment, Income, Food Insecurity
Divisions:	Faculty of Health and Life Sciences Faculty of Health and Life Sciences > Institute of Population Health
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	15 Mar 2024 10:57
Last Modified:	06 Apr 2024 01:38
DOI:	10.1017/s1368980024000570
Related URLs:	Author Publisher
URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3179421