Prevalence and sociodemographic correlates of food insecurity among post-secondary students and non-students of similar age in Canada

• Published in: BMC public health Vol. 23; no. 1; p. 954
• Main Authors: Wang, Yichun, St-Germain, Andrée-Anne Fafard, Tarasuk, Valerie
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 25.05.2023; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Adults; Age; Canada; Canada - epidemiology; Child; Food Insecurity; Food security; Food Supply; Households; Humans; Income; Post-secondary students; Prevalence; Public health; Regression analysis; Sociodemographics; Socioeconomic Factors; Students; Surveys; Young Adult; Young adults; Canada; Canada; Food insecurity; Young adults; Post-secondary students

The results of several recent campus-based studies indicate that over half of post-secondary students in Canada are food insecure, but the vulnerability of this group has not been considered in research on predictors of food insecurity in the Canadian population. Our objectives were to (1) compare t...