A system dynamics approach to examining household food insecurity
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Household food insecurity in Ontario.
OBJECTIVES To identify socio-demographic factors associated with household food insecurity in the Ontario population. METHODS Using data from the Ontario Share File of the 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey, Cycle 2.2, multivariate logistic regression was applied to identify the socio-demographic characteristics of households most likely to report food insecurity. RESULTS Of the estimate...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development
سال: 2021
ISSN: 2152-0801
DOI: 10.5304/jafscd.2021.102.028