Table 4 Pattern of consumption of the food groups by household dietary diversity score
Low HDDS | High HDDS | P-value | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Food groups | Frequency | % | Food groups | Frequency | % | |
Cereals | 5403 | 95.1 | Cereal | 22,265 | 99.8 | P < 0.01 |
Legumes | 4085 | 71.9 | Legumes | 20,659 | 92.6 | P < 0.01 |
Vegetables | 4460 | 78.5 | Vegetables | 20,926 | 93.8 | P < 0.01 |
Oil | 3938 | 69.3 | Oil | 22,154 | 99.3 | P < 0.01 |
Fruits | 602 | 10.6 | Fruits | 12,137 | 54.4 | P < 0.01 |
Tubers | 1182 | 20.8 | Tubers | 14,546 | 65.2 | P < 0.01 |
Sweets | 1619 | 28.5 | Sweets | 18,785 | 84.2 | P < 0.01 |
Egg | 2784 | 4.9 | Egg | 11,267 | 50.5 | P < 0.01 |
Meat | 1290 | 22.7 | Meat | 15,795 | 70.8 | P < 0.01 |
Milk | 1545 | 27.2 | Milk | 13,899 | 62.3 | P < 0.01 |
Fish | 6 | 0.1 | Fish | 580 | 2.6 | P < 0.01 |