Research Article
Exploring Perceptions and Experiences of Food Allergy among New Canadians from Asia
Table 4
Family and friends’ attitudes towards food allergy.
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Attitude | Family | Friends | Number of participants
(% of the total) | Mentions
(% of the total) | Number of participants
(% of the total) | Mentions
(% of the total) |
| | Surprise | 4 (22) | 7 (14) | 1 (22) | 1 (3) | | Skeptical | 7 (39) | 8 (16) | 3 (17) | 4 (13) | | Scared | 2 (11) | 2 (4) | 0 | 0 | | Quick acceptance | 4 (22) | 4 (8) | 3 (17) | 3 (10) | | Slow acceptance | 5 (28) | 8 (16) | 2 (11) | 2 (6) | | Disappointment | 0 | 0 | 1 (6) | 1 (3) | | Supportive/cautious | 13 (72) | 19 (39) | 13 (72) | 20 (65) | | Other | 1 (6) | 1 (2) | 0 | 0 |
| | Total | 18a (100) | 49 (100) | 18a (100) | 31 (100) |
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This is not equal to the sum of the numbers in the column due to multiple responses.
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