Characteristic | No. of respondents | p value | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Overall n = 61 446 | With perceived poor or fair mental health n = 4107 | Prevalence, % | ||
Food security status | < 0.001 | |||
Food secure | 56 114 | 2907 | 4.9 | |
Moderately food insecure | 3189 | 540 | 15.1 | |
Severely food insecure | 2143 | 660 | 29.3 | |
Sex | 0.007 | |||
Male | 28 000 | 1788 | 5.4 | |
Female | 33 446 | 2319 | 6.7 | |
Food security status and sex | < 0.001 | |||
Male and food secure | 25 894 | 1326 | 4.5 | |
Male and moderately food insecure | 1215 | 201 | 14.4 | |
Male and severely food insecure | 891 | 261 | 25.2 | |
Female and food secure | 30 220 | 1581 | 5.3 | |
Female and moderately food insecure | 1974 | 339 | 15.6 | |
Female and severely food insecure | 1252 | 399 | 32.5 | |
Age, yr | < 0.001 | |||
18–39 | 18 622 | 1282 | 6.5 | |
40–64 | 25 765 | 1949 | 6.3 | |
≥ 65 | 17 059 | 876 | 4.8 | |
Marital status | < 0.001 | |||
Married/common-law | 34 299 | 1619 | 4.6 | |
Widowed/divorced/separated/single | 27 147 | 2488 | 8.7 | |
No. of household members | < 0.001 | |||
1–2 | 41 782 | 2946 | 6.5 | |
3–4 | 15 409 | 914 | 5.7 | |
≥ 5 | 4255 | 247 | 5.0 | |
Education | < 0.001 | |||
Less than secondary | 9675 | 997 | 9.9 | |
Secondary completed | 13 823 | 932 | 6.1 | |
More than secondary | 37 247 | 2136 | 5.4 | |
Unknown | 701 | 42 | 5.7 | |
Smoking | < 0.001 | |||
Current | 12 169 | 1411 | 10.7 | |
Former | 19 697 | 1186 | 5.5 | |
Never | 29 580 | 1510 | 4.7 |
↵* All proportions are weighted to the Canadian population.