Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics overall and stratified by household food security status, household population aged 15 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2020

Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics overall and stratified by household food security status, household population aged 15 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2020
Table summary
This table displays the results of Sociodemographic characteristics overall and stratified by household food security status. The information is grouped by Characteristic (appearing as row headers), Overall, Food security status , Secure, Marginally insecure, Moderately insecure and Severely insecure (appearing as column headers).
Characteristic	Overall		Food security status
	Overall		Secure^{Table 1 Note †}		Marginally insecure		Moderately insecure		Severely insecure
	percentage	standard error	percentage	standard error	percentage	standard error	percentage	standard error	percentage	standard error
Overall	Note ...: not applicable	Note ...: not applicable	85.4	0.9	5.8	0.6	6.8	0.8	2.0	0.3
Sex
Female	50.4	0.2	50.7	0.6	37.8^Note *	4.9	56.2	6.0	54.3	8.3
Male	49.6	0.2	49.3	0.6	62.2^Note *	4.9	43.8	6.0	45.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.3
Age group
15 to 34 years	31.6	0.1	29.1	0.7	49.1^Note **	5.2	49.4^Note **	6.0	24.3^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.5
35 to 54 years	31.5	0.1	31.2	0.5	28.1	4.4	31.7	4.7	53.5^Note *	8.6
55 or older	37.0	0.2	39.7	0.5	22.8^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	3.8	18.9^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	4.1	22.2^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	6.9
Marital status
Married or common law	62.6	1.1	65.0	1.2	53.9	5.9	46.4^Note **	6.0	42.9^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	8.1
Divorced, widowed or separated	10.0	0.6	9.7	0.6	7.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.0	11.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	2.7	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Single	27.4	0.9	25.3	1.1	38.6^Note *	5.9	42.4^Note **	6.3	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Household size
One member	15.3	0.7	14.9	0.8	15.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.2	17.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.4	26.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	6.4
Two members	51.3	1.1	53.8	1.2	50.4	5.4	25.2^Note **	4.1	33.9^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	7.4
Three members or more	33.4	1.2	31.3	1.3	33.7	5.4	57.8^Note **	5.7	39.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	9.5
Children in household
Yes	34.4	1.1	32.5	1.2	44.4^Note *	5.6	45.3^Note *	6.3	46.2^{Note E: Use with caution}	8.3
No	65.6	1.1	67.5	1.2	55.6^Note *	5.6	54.7^Note *	6.3	53.8	8.3
Immigration status
Non-immigrant	76.1	1.1	76.3	1.2	75.1	4.5	74.0	5.6	74.1	7.4
Immigrant	23.9	1.1	23.7	1.2	24.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.5	26.0^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.6	25.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	7.4
Employment status
Employed	51.2	1.1	52.4	1.1	53.8	5.6	38.8^Note *	5.7	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Not employed	23.4	1.2	20.7	1.1	28.1^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.1	43.7^Note **	6.5	54.8^Note **	8.6
Not working age	25.4	0.8	26.8	0.9	18.1^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note *	4.1	17.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.0	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Financial impact of COVID-19
Major impact	9.3	0.8	6.4	0.8	17.4^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	3.9	27.4^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	4.7	47.6^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	8.5
Moderate impact	15.9	1.0	13.1	0.9	37.2^Note **	5.7	30.1^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	5.8	25.7^{Note E: Use with caution}	6.9
Minor impact	21.0	1.0	21.3	1.1	19.9^{Note E: Use with caution}	4.4	22.4^{Note E: Use with caution}	5.4	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
No impact	42.9	1.4	48.5	1.5	11.1^{Note E: Use with caution}^Note **	2.7	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
Too soon to tell	10.9	0.8	10.8	0.9	14.5^{Note E: Use with caution}	3.3	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published	Note F: too unreliable to be published
... not applicable E Interpret with caution (coefficient of variation 16.6% to 33.3%) F Too unreliable to publish (coefficient of variation > 33.3% or sample too small) Note * significantly different from reference category (p < 0.05) Return to note * referrer Note significantly different from reference category (p < 0.01) Return to note referrer Note † Reference category Return to note † referrer Source: 2020 Canadian Perspectives Survey Series 2 - Monitoring the Effects of COVID-19.

Date modified:: 2020-12-16

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Sociodemographic characteristics overall and stratified by household food security status, household population aged 15 or older, Canada excluding territories, 2020