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.

Number ()

Gender
 Women10
 Men11
Ethnicity
 Caucasian12
 Caribbean5
 African 2
 Middle Eastern2
Place of birth
 Canada12
 Outside of Canada9
Age
 20–301
 31–401
 41–507
 51–609
 61–703
Marital status
 Married/common-law 2
 Single9
 Divorced/separated/widowed10
Education
 High school or less7
 University or less4
 College or less9
 Graduate school1
Duration of diabetes
 ≤5 years11
 6–10 years4
 11–20 years2
 21–30 years2
 >30 years2
Type of diabetes
 Type 11
 Type 220