Indigenous Peoples Survey (IPS)

Household food security of person, category

Household food security refers to the level of food security in a person's household, which may or may not be the level felt by the person.

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

The data for this variable are reported using the following classifications and/or lists:

• Household food security
  Data tables

  • Aboriginal peoples survey, food security, by Aboriginal identity, age group, sex, and number of persons in household, population aged 6 years and over, Canada, provinces and territories Table: 577-0009
  • Aboriginal peoples survey, food security, by age group, sex, and number of persons in household, Inuit population aged 6 years and over, Canada and Inuit Nunangat Table: 577-0010