Evidence of the association between household food insecurity and heating cost inflation in Canada from 1998-2001
Authors: J. C. Herbert Emery, Aaron C. Bartoo, Jesse A. Matheson, Ana Ferrer, Sharon I. Kirkpatrick, Valerie Tarasuk, and Lynn McIntyre
Overview
Abstract (English)
We investigated the 5.3 percentage point increase in the prevalence of food insecurity in Canada between the National Population Health Survey of 1998-99 and the Canadian Community Health Survey of 2000-01. We found that the increase in food insecurity occurred disproportionately in households in the western provinces, particularly Alberta, and among homeowners rather than renters. Inter-provincial variation in heating cost inflation explained as much as 61 percent of the inter-provincial variation in food insecurity increases between 1998 and 2001.
Abstract (French)
Dans cet article, nous analysons différents aspects de l’augmentation de 5,3 points de pourcentage de la prévalence de l’insécurité alimentaire que l’on observe entre 1998-1999 (données de l’Enquête nationale sur la santé de la population) et 2000-2001 (données de l’Enquête sur la santé dans les collectivités canadiennes) au Canada. Nous montrons que cette augmentation touche de façon disproportionnée les provinces de l’Ouest, et en particulier l’Alberta, ainsi que les propriétaires plus que les locataires. Nous calculons également que les différences que l’on observe entre les provinces en ce qui a trait à l’augmentation des frais de chauffage expliquent jusqu’à 61 % des variations de l’augmentation de l’insécurité alimentaire observées entre ces mêmes provinces entre 1988 et 2001.
Details
Type | Journal article |
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Author | J. C. Herbert Emery, Aaron C. Bartoo, Jesse A. Matheson, Ana Ferrer, Sharon I. Kirkpatrick, Valerie Tarasuk, and Lynn McIntyre |
Publication Year | 2012 |
Title | Evidence of the association between household food insecurity and heating cost inflation in Canada from 1998-2001 |
Volume | 38 |
Journal Name | Canadian Public Policy |
Number | 2 |
Pages | 181-215 |
Publication Language | English |
- J. C. Herbert Emery
- J. C. Herbert Emery, Aaron C. Bartoo, Jesse A. Matheson, Ana Ferrer, Sharon I. Kirkpatrick, Valerie Tarasuk, and Lynn McIntyre
- Evidence of the association between household food insecurity and heating cost inflation in Canada from 1998-2001
- Canadian Public Policy
- 38
- 2012
- 2
- 181-215