Table 4 The relationship between health and food insecurity (ordered logit)

Household experienced hunger in past 7 days

0.267***

0.222**

0.213

0.199

(0.094)

(0.103)

(0.165)

(0.173)

Hunger frequency past 7 days (base = no hunger)

  1–2 days

0.283*

0.117

(0.155)

(0.266)

  3–4 days

0.139

0.446*

(0.158)

(0.240)

  Almost every day

0.332*

-0.053

(0.171)

(0.316)

  Every day

0.652***

0.398*

(0.243)

(0.237)

  Household ran out of money to buy food in the past month

0.179**

0.116

0.088

0.025

(0.078)

(0.086)

(0.098)

(0.099)

  Male

-0.077

-0.071

-0.067

-0.071

-0.176*

-0.179*

-0.176*

-0.175*

(0.074)

(0.075)

(0.074)

(0.075)

(0.095)

(0.094)

(0.095)

(0.095)

  Not employed

0.103

0.102

0.106

0.097

0.095

0.097

0.100

0.094

(0.079)

(0.079)

(0.078)

(0.079)

(0.088)

(0.088)

(0.087)

(0.088)

  Years of schooling

-0.035***

-0.036***

-0.035***

-0.034***

-0.042***

-0.042***

-0.042***

-0.042***

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.011)

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.013)

  Lives in a house/flat (base = lives in a traditional/informal/other type house)

-0.061

-0.062

-0.067

-0.056

-0.048

-0.043

-0.052

-0.046

(0.098)

(0.100)

(0.101)

(0.100)

(0.127)

(0.130)

(0.126)

(0.127)

  Age (years)

0.010***

0.010***

0.010***

0.010***

0.018***

0.018***

0.018***

0.018***

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.003)

(0.003)

Race (base = African)

  Coloured

-1.388***

-1.377***

-1.426***

-1.399***

-1.506***

-1.520***

-1.522***

-1.509***

(0.200)

(0.201)

(0.198)

(0.199)

(0.296)

(0.297)

(0.291)

(0.296)

  Asian/Indian

-1.017***

-1.008***

-1.066***

-1.029***

-1.526***

-1.525***

-1.548***

-1.526***

(0.367)

(0.371)

(0.365)

(0.366)

(0.370)

(0.369)

(0.368)

(0.369)

  White

-1.469***

-1.460***

-1.475***

-1.460***

-1.193***

-1.200***

-1.200***

-1.192***

(0.146)

(0.146)

(0.147)

(0.146)

(0.172)

(0.171)

(0.172)

(0.172)

Location (base = Traditional)

  Urban

-0.047

-0.022

-0.064

-0.050

-0.060

-0.054

-0.059

-0.060

(0.101)

(0.105)

(0.101)

(0.102)

(0.104)

(0.104)

(0.104)

(0.104)

  Farm

-0.095

-0.074

-0.109

-0.100

0.302

0.308

0.282

0.301

(0.182)

(0.187)

(0.185)

(0.183)

(0.267)

(0.269)

(0.265)

(0.267)

  Main income source lost/declined^a

0.046

0.037

0.026

0.016

0.338***

0.340***

0.347***

0.337***

(0.074)

(0.074)

(0.074)

(0.073)

(0.104)

(0.105)

(0.103)

(0.104)

  Household size

-0.014

-0.013

-0.016

-0.015

0.020

0.020

0.022

0.020

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.013)

(0.014)

(0.014)

(0.015)

(0.014)

Province (base = Western Cape)

  Eastern Cape

-0.116

-0.103

-0.115

-0.111

0.098

0.091

0.103

0.099

(0.178)

(0.178)

(0.179)

(0.178)

(0.242)

(0.241)

(0.240)

(0.242)

  Northern Cape

-0.109

-0.115

-0.088

-0.102

0.539**

0.524**

0.544**

0.539**

(0.205)

(0.206)

(0.206)

(0.206)

(0.232)

(0.230)

(0.231)

(0.232)

  Free State

-0.447**

-0.398**

-0.446**

-0.448**

0.008

-0.011

0.015

0.010

(0.177)

(0.172)

(0.179)

(0.177)

(0.257)

(0.256)

(0.255)

(0.257)

  Kwazulu-Natal

0.073

0.093

0.073

0.076

0.862***

0.838***

0.867***

0.862***

(0.163)

(0.163)

(0.164)

(0.163)

(0.260)

(0.262)

(0.258)

(0.261)

  North-West

0.196

0.187

0.193

0.191

0.688**

0.679**

0.691**

0.688**

(0.203)

(0.203)

(0.206)

(0.203)

(0.286)

(0.287)

(0.284)

(0.286)

  Gauteng

-0.236

-0.225

-0.249

-0.235

0.267

0.249

0.270

0.268

(0.163)

(0.162)

(0.164)

(0.164)

(0.245)

(0.245)

(0.242)

(0.245)

  Mpumalanga

-0.045

-0.034

-0.057

-0.045

0.367

0.334

0.373

0.368

(0.174)

(0.175)

(0.175)

(0.174)

(0.265)

(0.267)

(0.262)

(0.266)

  Limpopo

-0.138

-0.106

-0.166

-0.140

-0.387

-0.396

-0.395

-0.387

(0.206)

(0.207)

(0.205)

(0.206)

(0.284)

(0.285)

(0.283)

(0.285)

  Cutoff 1

-2.234***

-2.201***

-2.243***

-2.178***

-1.517***

-1.515***

-1.513***

-1.506***

(0.298)

(0.302)

(0.300)

(0.301)

(0.377)

(0.375)

(0.372)

(0.373)

  Cutoff 2

-0.959***

-0.929***

-0.968***

-0.903***

-0.076

-0.077

-0.074

-0.065

(0.305)

(0.309)

(0.308)

(0.308)

(0.376)

(0.374)

(0.370)

(0.372)

  Cutoff 3

0.672**

0.692**

0.662**

0.729**

1.478***

1.478***

1.479***

1.488***

(0.301)

(0.305)

(0.305)

(0.305)

(0.379)

(0.378)

(0.373)

(0.376)

  Cutoff 4

2.289***

2.322***

2.275***

2.346***

3.041***

3.039***

3.041***

3.052***

(0.315)

(0.317)

(0.317)

(0.317)

(0.393)

(0.391)

(0.385)

(0.389)

Observations

6,586

6,451

6,586

6,586

4,893

4,875

4,893

4,893

P-value

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0