Table 1:

Prevalence of perceived poor or fair mental health by sex, food security status and covariates^*

Characteristic	No. of respondents			p value
Characteristic	Overall n = 61 446	With perceived poor or fair mental health n = 4107	Prevalence, %	p value
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