Research Article
Challenges of Diabetes Self-Management in Adults Affected by Food Insecurity in a Large Urban Centre of Ontario, Canada
Table 1
Sociodemographic characteristics of participants.
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| Gender | | Women | 10 | Men | 11 | Ethnicity | | Caucasian | 12 | Caribbean | 5 | African | 2 | Middle Eastern | 2 | Place of birth | | Canada | 12 | Outside of Canada | 9 | Age | | 20–30 | 1 | 31–40 | 1 | 41–50 | 7 | 51–60 | 9 | 61–70 | 3 | Marital status | | Married/common-law | 2 | Single | 9 | Divorced/separated/widowed | 10 | Education | | High school or less | 7 | University or less | 4 | College or less | 9 | Graduate school | 1 | Duration of diabetes | | ≤5 years | 11 | 6–10 years | 4 | 11–20 years | 2 | 21–30 years | 2 | >30 years | 2 | Type of diabetes | | Type 1 | 1 | Type 2 | 20 |
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