Table 1.

Participant characteristics

	Participant 1	Participant 2	Participant 3	Participant 4	Participant 5
Age	29	22	34	29	22
Time in Canada	7 months	4 months	<1 year	5 months	3 months
Highest level of education	High school	Grade 4	Not provided	None	University
Rural or urban upbringing	Urban	Rural	Urban	Urban	N/A
Marital status	Married	Married	Married	Married	Married
Sex (M/F) and age of Children	F, 2 years	M, 2 years M, 5 years	8 childrenb	F, 3 years F, 6 years	None
Religious background	Christian	Muslim	Muslim	Christian	Muslim
Type of grocery stores frequenteda	Supermarket	Supermarket	Supermarket	Supermarket	Supermarket
	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal	Halal
	Specialty	Specialty	Specialty	Specialty
	Chinese	Chinese
	Specialty	Specialty
Frequency of shopping trips	14 days	14 days	7 days	7 days	N/A
Participated in grocery shopping trip	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Noc

Notes:

^aSupermarket denotes a departmentalized, self-service store offering a wide variety of food and household merchandise; Halal specialty denotes a specialty store featuring Halal and Arabic foods; and Chinese specialty denotes a specialty store featuring Asian foods

^bparticipant did not specify ages or gender of children

^cthis participant initially agreed to participate in the grocery trips but later refused due to lack of permission from her spouse.