When working is not enough: Food insecurity in the Canadian labour force

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 49-57

  McIntyre, Lynn ^a   Bartoo, Aaron C ^a   Emery, J C Herbert ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Education; Food insecurity; Industry; Labour market

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANADA; CATERING SERVICE; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY SIZE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADULT; EMPLOYMENT; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INCOME; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POVERTY; QUEBEC;

EID: 84889782255     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980012004053     Document Type: Article

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