Figure 2.5.4: Household food insecurity by income quintiles
Percent of households, Middlesex-London, Combined 2009-14
Source:
Canadian Community Health Survey 2009-2014, Statistics Canada, Share File, Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term CareNote:
* Use with caution due to high sampling variability. The CCHS excludes First Nations Communities, full-time members of the Canadian Forces, children living in foster care and the institutionalized population.
There was a clear gradient in household food insecurity by income quintile in Middlesex-London such that almost one third of households with the lowest incomes were food insecure (31.9%) compared with 2.1% for the two highest income quartiles combined for the combined years of 2009 to 2014.