An ecological analysis of factors associated with food insecurity in South Australia, 2002-7

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 215-221

  Foley, Wendy ^a   Ward, Paul ^a   Carter, Patricia ^b   Coveney, John ^a   Tsourtos, George ^a   Taylor, Anne ^c  

^a FLINDERS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Health Promotion Branch   (Australia)

^c Population Research and Outcome Studies Unit   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Food security; Socio economic status; Survey

Indexed keywords

ABORIGINE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATERING SERVICE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ECONOMICS; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HUNGER; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEWBORN; NUTRITION; POVERTY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; HUNGER; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; POVERTY; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77449158047     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009990747     Document Type: Article

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