1 Reference group: 18 – 44 years
2 Race/ethnicity options include: Asian (Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, South Asian, and Southeast Asian), Black, Indigenous (self-identified with First Nations, Metis, or Inuit), White, and other (Arab, Latin American, West Asian (Middle East countries), other, multiple, and unknown race/ethnicity).
Reference group: White
3 Reference group: Canadian-born
4 Children < 18 years were not asked this information. Reference group: adults without post-secondary education
5 Lower-income Canadians were those whose self-reported before tax total household income was below the relevant low-income cut-off (LICO), as calculated yearly by Statistics Canada, for each of 7 household sizes and 5 community sizes. The LICO (before tax) is the income level at which families or unattached individuals spend on average 55% of before tax income on food, shelter, and clothing. Given we collected data on household income, household size, and postal code, we were able to ascertain if a household was below the LICO threshold.6 Reference group: Households that were not low income
6 Household size is a continuous variable referring to number of members in the household.
Probable food allergy was defined as any individual who was reported, by the household respondent, to have symptoms/signs compatible with a convincing history and/or a physician diagnosis of a peanut, tree nut, fish, shellfish, sesame, milk, egg, wheat, and/or soy allergy. Refer to Appendix for definition of convincing history.
Empty cells indicate the variable was not included in the selected model.
Boldface cells indicate significant results.