Table 2.
Participant characteristics (n 316)
| Participant Characteristic | Total | 5Ps | GST | HB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Household food security | ||||||||
| Secure | 176 | 55·7 | 81 | 45·3 | 43 | 81·1 | 52 | 61·9 |
| Marginal insecurity | 31 | 9·8 | 24 | 13·4 | 3 | 5·7 | 4 | 4·8 |
| Moderate insecurity | 74 | 23·4 | 55 | 30·7 | 3 | 5·7 | 16 | 19·0 |
| Severe insecurity | 35 | 11·1 | 19 | 10·6 | 4 | 7·5 | 12 | 14·3 |
| Age (n 313) | ||||||||
| Mean years | 32·0 | 32·4 | 32·0 | 31·2 | ||||
| sd | 5·0 | 5·4 | 4·2 | 4·6 | ||||
| Education level (n 314) | ||||||||
| ≤ High school | 108 | 34·4 | 68 | 37·3 | 19 | 35·8 | 23 | 27·4 |
| Postsecondary | 206 | 65·6 | 111 | 62·7 | 34 | 64·2 | 61 | 72·6 |
| Parity (n 313) | ||||||||
| Primiparous | 153 | 48·9 | 86 | 48·9 | 21 | 39·6 | 46 | 54·8 |
| Multiparous | 163 | 51·1 | 90 | 51·1 | 32 | 60·4 | 38 | 45·2 |
| Newcomer status (n 314) | ||||||||
| < 1 year in Canada | 44 | 14·0 | 17 | 9·6 | 6 | 11·3 | 21 | 25·0 |
| 1–< 3 years in Canada | 75 | 23·9 | 37 | 20·9 | 9 | 17·0 | 29 | 34·5 |
| ≥ 3 years in Canada | 167 | 53·2 | 108 | 61·0 | 34 | 64·2 | 25 | 29·8 |
| Born in Canada | 28 | 8·9 | 15 | 8·5 | 4 | 7·5 | 9 | 10·7 |
| Ethnicity | ||||||||
| East Asian | 123 | 38·9 | 79 | 44·1 | 41 | 77·4 | 3 | 3·6 |
| South Asian | 29 | 9·2 | 22 | 12·3 | 0 | 7 | 8·3 | |
| Southeast Asian | 9 | 2·8 | 7 | 3·9 | 2 | 3·8 | 0 | |
| West Asian & North African | 16 | 4·8 | 15 | 8·4 | 0 | 1 | 1·2 | |
| East, West & Central African | 35 | 10·5 | 16 | 8·9 | 2 | 3·8 | 17 | 20·2 |
| Latin American | 56 | 17·7 | 12 | 6·7 | 3 | 5·7 | 41 | 48·8 |
| Caribbean | 19 | 6·0 | 13 | 7·3 | 1 | 1·9 | 5 | 6·0 |
| European | 18 | 5·7 | 10 | 5·6 | 2 | 3·8 | 6 | 7·2 |
| Other/don’t know/prefer not to answer | 11 | 3·5 | 5 | 2·8 | 2 | 3·8 | 4 | 4·8 |
5Ps, Parkale Parents’ Primary Prevention Project; GST, Great Start Together; HB, Healthy Beginnings.