Che J, Chen J
Health Statistics Division, Statistics Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0T6.
Health Rep. 2001 Aug;12(4):11-22.
This article examines the prevalence of food insecurity in Canada, the characteristics of people most likely to live in households lacking sufficient funds for food, and several related health problems.
The data are from the cross-sectional household component of the 1998/99 National Population Health Survey and the Food Insecurity Supplement to that survey.
Cross-tabulations were used to estimate the percentage of Canadians experiencing food insecurity and the prevalence of five selected health outcomes among people who were and were not food insecure. Multivariate logistic regression was used to assess the association of several socio-demographic and economic factors with food insecurity and to determine the association of food insecurity with the selected health outcomes.
In 1998/99, 10% of Canadians, or about 3 million people, were living in food-insecure households. Low-income households, households depending on social assistance, lone-parent families headed by women, tenants, children, and Aboriginal people had significantly high odds of experiencing food insecurity. Food insecurity was significantly associated with poor/fair health, multiple chronic conditions, obesity, distress and depression.
本文研究了加拿大粮食不安全状况的普遍性、最有可能生活在缺乏足够资金购买食物家庭中的人群特征以及一些相关的健康问题。
数据来自1998/99年全国人口健康调查的横断面家庭部分以及该调查的粮食不安全补充调查。
交叉表用于估计经历粮食不安全的加拿大人的百分比以及粮食安全和不安全人群中五项选定健康结果的患病率。多变量逻辑回归用于评估若干社会人口和经济因素与粮食不安全之间的关联，并确定粮食不安全与选定健康结果之间的关联。
在1998/99年，10%的加拿大人，即约300万人，生活在粮食不安全的家庭中。低收入家庭、依赖社会援助的家庭、由女性担任户主的单亲家庭、租户、儿童和原住民经历粮食不安全的几率显著较高。粮食不安全与健康状况差/一般、多种慢性病、肥胖、痛苦和抑郁显著相关。
