Research Article

Exploring the Concern about Food Allergies among Secondary School and University Students in Ontario, Canada: A Descriptive Analysis

Table 1

Descriptions of the three surveys whose data were used in this study.

ā€‰High schoolUniversity Student Survey [21]
ā€‰Whole High School Survey [19]Food & Nutrition Class Survey [20]

Study periodNovember 2014-December 2014February 2015February 2015
Study populationThe whole student body of four Ontario high schoolsStudents in eight Food and Nutrition classes in the same four Ontario high schoolsUniversity of Waterloo undergraduate students
Survey methodPaperPaperElectronic
Sample size2,860106485
Participation rate79.1%84.1%9.7%