Table 1 Demographic characteristics among full sample and those without and with perceived and probabled food allergy
From: Demographic characteristics associated with food allergy in a Nationwide Canadian Study
Variable | Full Sample (n = 14,818) | Frequencye, n (%) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Perceived | Probable | ||||||
Without any Perceived FA (n = 13,497) | With Any Perceived FA (n = 1321) | Difference % (95% CI) | Without any Probable FA (n = 14,038) | With any of 9 Probable FA (n = 780) | Difference % (95% CI) | ||
Age group, years | |||||||
0–17 | 2970 (20.0) | 2750 (20.4) | 220 (16.7) | 3.7 (1.6, 5.8) | 2816 (20.1) | 154 (19.7) | 0.3 (− 2.6, 3.2) |
18–44 | 4142 (28.0) | 3763 (27.9) | 379 (28.7) | − 0.8 (− 3.4, 1.7) | 3932 (28.0) | 210 (26.9) | 1.1 (− 2.1, 4.3) |
≥ 45 | 7706 (52.0) | 6984 (51.7) | 722 (54.7) | − 2.9 (− 5.7, − 0.1) | 7290 (51.9) | 416 (53.3) | − 1.4 (− 5.0, 2.2) |
Female | 7357 (49.6) | 6575 (48.7) | 782 (59.2) | − 10.5 (− 13.3, − 7.7) | 6893 (49.1) | 464 (59.5) | − 10.4 (− 13.9, − 6.8) |
Race/ethnicitya | |||||||
South Asian | 1072 (7.2) | 1008 (7.5) | 64 (4.8) | 2.6 (2.0, 3.3) | 1035 (7.4) | 37 (4.7) | 2.6 (1.8, 3.4) |
Southeast/East Asian | 1776 12.0) | 1648 (12.2) | 128 (9.7) | 2.5 (1.7, 3.4) | 1706 (12.2) | 70 (9.0) | 3.2 (2.1, 4.2) |
Black | 988 (6.7) | 922 (6.8) | 66 (5.0) | 1.8 (0.6, 3.1) | 941 (6.7) | 47 (6.0) | 0.7 (− 1.0, 2.4) |
Indigenous | 1788 (12.1) | 1643 (12.2) | 145 (11.0) | 1.2 (− 0.6, 3.0) | 1709 (12.2) | 79 (10.1) | 2 (− 0.1, 4.2) |
White | 7647 (51.6) | 6849 (50.7) | 798 (60.4) | − 9.7 (− 12.4, − 6.9) | 7174 (51.1) | 473 (60.6) | − 9.5 (− 13.1, − 6.0) |
Other | 1547 (10.4) | 1427 (10.6) | 120 (9.1) | 1.5 (− 0.1, 3.1) | 1473 (10.5) | 74 (9.5) | 1.0 (− 1.1, 3.1) |
Immigration status | |||||||
New Canadians, immigrated < 10 years prior | 1554 (10.5) | 1481 (11.0) | 73 (5.5) | 5.4 (4.1, 6.8) | 1514 (10.8) | 40 (5.1) | 5.7 (4.0, 7.3) |
Immigrated ≥ 10 years prior | 3389 (22.9) | 3136 (23.2) | 253 (19.2) | 4.1 (1.8, 6.3) | 3256 (23.2) | 133 (17.1) | 6.1 (3.4, 8.9) |
Canadian-born | 9875 (66.6) | 8880 (65.8) | 995 (75.3) | − 9.5 (− 12, − 7.1) | 9268 (66.0) | 607 (77.8) | − 11.8 (− 14.8, − 8.8) |
Adults with post-secondary educationb | 5696 (48.1) | 5119 (47.6) | 577 (52.4) | − 4.8 (− 7.9, − 1.7) | 5357 (47.7) | 339 (54.2) | − 6.4 (− 10.4, − 2.4) |
Household income | |||||||
Lower-incomec | 3362 (22.7) | 3116 (23.1) | 246 (18.6) | 4.5 (2.2, 6.7) | 3216 (22.9) | 146 (18.7) | 4.2 (1.4, 7.0) |
Higher-income | 9672 (65.3) | 8754 (64.9) | 918 (69.5) | − 4.6 (− 7.2, − 2.0) | 9135 (65.1) | 537 (68.8) | − 3.8 (− 7.1, − 0.4) |
Missing income | 1784 (12.0) | 1627 (12.1) | 157 (11.9) | 0.2 (− 1.7, 2.0) | 1687 (12.0) | 97 (12.4) | − 0.4 (− 2.8, 2.0) |
Household size, # of members (SD) | 3.5 (1.8) | 3.5 (1.8) | 3.0 (1.6) | 0.5 (0.4. 0.6) | 3.5 (1.8) | 3.1 (1.7) | 0.4 (0.3, 0.6) |