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Table 1 Sociodemographic characteristics by salmon eating in Syilx Okanagan adults in British Columbia, Canada

From: An Indigenous food sovereignty initiative is positively associated with well-being and cultural connectedness in a survey of Syilx Okanagan adults in British Columbia, Canada

  

Salmon eating1

 

Characteristic

Total

None

Type not specified or solely not Okanagan Sockeye

Okanagan Sockeye

P2

N

265

40

98

127

 

Gender (n (%))

0.0041

 Women

186 (70.2)

33 (82.5)

76 (77.5)

77 (60.6)

 

 Men

79 (29.8)

7 (17.5)

22 (22.5)

50 (39.4)

 

Age (years) (mean (95% CI))

49.8 (47.7–51.7)

46.4 (41.2–51.6)

49.1 (45.5–52.6)

51.2 (48.5–53.9)

0.7118

Household Size (mean (95% CI))

3.48 (3.24–3.72)

3.53 (2.90–4.15)

3.63 (3.22–4.04)

3.35 (3.02–3.69)

0.5483

Households with Children (< 18 years) (n (%))

    

0.5163

 Yes

138 (52.5)

21 (55.3)

55 (56.1)

62 (48.8)

 

 No

125 (47.5)

17 (44.7)

43 (43.9)

65 (51.2)

 

Households with older adults (> = 65 years) (n (%))

    

0.2951

 Yes

68 (25.9)

6 (15.8)

28 (28.6)

34 (26.8)

 

 No

195 (74.1)

32 (84.2)

70 (71.4)

93 (73.2)

 

Household main source of income (n (%))

    

0.8919

 From salary/self-employment

164 (64.6)

24 (66.7)

63 (65.6)

77 (63.1)

 

 Other

90 (35.4)

12 (33.3)

33 (34.4)

45 (36.9)

 

Working for salary (n (%))

0.9234

 Yes

216 (87.5)

32 (80.0)

81 (82.5)

103 (81.1)

 

 No

49 (18.5)

8 (20.0)

17 (17.4)

24 (18.9)

 

Schooling (n (%))

    

0.7171

 Less than high school diploma or its equivalent

26 (10.2)

5 (13.9)

9 (9.18)

12 (9.84)

 

 High school diploma or its equivalent or higher

230 (89.8)

31 (86.1)

89 (90.8)

110 (90.2)

 

Food security status (n (%))

    

0.4418

 Food secure

140 (54.3)

17 (44.7)

54 (55.7)

69 (56.1)

 

 Food insecure

118 (45.7)

21 (55.3)

43 (44.3)

54 (43.9)

 

Worried traditional food would run out (n (%))

    

0.0083

 Never

94 (37.1)

19 (50.0)

39 (41.5)

36 (29.7)

 

 Sometimes

107 (42.3)

8 (21.1)

35 (37.2)

64 (52.9)

 

 Often

52 (20.6)

11 (28.9)

20 (21.3)

21 (17.4)

 

Importance of traditional food in ensuring family has enough to eat (n (%))

    

< 0.0001

 Yes (somewhat to very important)

207 (80.5)

19 (50.0)

75 (78.1)

113 (91.9)

 

 No (not, not very important)

50 (19.5)

19 (50.0)

21 (21.9)

10 (8.13)

 
  1. CI confidence interval. 1During the year prior to the survey. 2Bivariate regression analyses or chi-square test