Table 2.

Food security status of participants.

Characteristics	Immigrants n = 127 (44.7%)	Refugees n = 157 (55.3%)	All Participants n = 284 (100%)
Household Food Security
Food Secure	72 (56.7%) *	70 (44.6%)	142 (50.0%)
Marginally Food Insecure	26 (20.5%) *	26 (16.6%)	52 (18.3%)
Moderately Food Insecure	25 (19.7%) *	49 (31.2%)	74 (26.1%)
Severely Food Insecure	4 (3.1%) *	12 (7.6%)	16 (5.6%)
	Immigrants n = 127 (44.7%)	Refugees n = 157 (55.3%)	All Participants n = 284 (100%)
Child Food Security
Food Secure	88 (69.3%) *	79 (50.3%)	167 (58.8%)
Marginally Food Insecure	16 (12.6%) *	29 (18.5%)	45 (15.8%)
Moderately Food Insecure	21 (16.5%) *	46 (29.3%)	67 (23.6%)
Severely Food Insecure	2 (1.6%) *	3 (1.9%)	5 (1.8%)

* indicates significant difference between immigrants and refugees through x² at p < 0.05.