Table 1 Participant characteristics
From: Temporal examination of adult food insecurity amongst Canadian families managing food allergy
Wave 1 (N = 35) | Wave 2 (N = 49) | Wave 3 (N = 39) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | |
Household demographics | ||||||
2 + adult household | 30 | 85.7 | 45 | 91.8 | 25 | 64.1% |
Mean (± SD) number of children | 35 | 1.91 ± 0.82 | 48 | 1.81 ± 0.67 | 39 | 1.59 ± 0.72 |
Post-secondary education | 30 | 85.7 | 37 | 88.1 | 25 | 73.5 |
Below median income | 16 | 45.7 | 13 | 31.0 | 8 | 22.9 |
Manitoba residency* | 24 | 68.6 | 44 | 89.8 | 12 | 34.3 |
Child characteristics† | ||||||
Aged < 18 months‡ | 13 | 62.9 | – | – | – | – |
Aged 18 months to 4 years‡ | 21 | 60.0 | – | – | – | – |
Aged 5 to 8 years‡ | 13 | 37.1 | – | – | – | – |
Mean (± SD) age of children‡ | – | – | 47 | 5.67 ± 4.69 | 20 | 8.77 ± 5.98 |
Food allergy characteristics | ||||||
At least two food allergies | 5 | 14.3 | 30 | 61.2 | 19 | 48.7 |
Milk | 6 | 17.1 | 23 | 47.9 | 13 | 33.3 |
Eggs | 7 | 20.0 | 14 | 29.2 | 7 | 17.9 |
Peanuts | 6 | 17.1 | 23 | 47.9 | 16 | 41.0 |
Tree nuts | 2 | 5.7 | 18 | 36.7 | 8 | 20.5 |
Fish | 2 | 5.7 | 6 | 12.5 | 4 | 10.3 |
Shellfish | 0 | 0.0 | 4 | 8.3 | 4 | 10.3 |
Soy | 1 | 2.9 | 4 | 8.3 | 4 | 10.3 |
Wheat | 1 | 2.9 | 3 | 6.3 | 1 | 2.6 |
Sesame | 0 | 0.0 | – | – | 4 | 10.3 |
Mustard | 0 | 0.0 | 1 | 2.1 | 1 | 2.6 |
Other | 3 | 8.6 | 9 | 18.4 | 4 | 10.3 |
EAI possession‡ | – | – | 33 | 67.3 | 10 | 25.6 |