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Table 10 Correlations (Spearman’s) of food group consumption and scale of farming

From: Considerations for the design of nutrition-sensitive production programmes in rural South Africa

Food group

 

Cropping

Irrigating

Farm- land

Home garden

School garden

Community garden

White roots and tubers

Correlation coefficient

0.027

0.073

0.084

−0.138a

0.031

0.063

Significance (two-tailed)

0.531

0.103

0.051

0.001

0.470

0.140

Sample size

539

506

543

545

545

545

Orange-fleshed vegetables

Correlation coefficient

0.088b

−0.027

0.083

−0.083

0.044

0.041

Significance (two-tailed)

0.040

0.542

0.054

0.054

0.301

0.335

Sample size

537

504

540

542

542

542

Dark green leafy vegetables

Correlation coefficient

0.142a

−0.059

0.153a

−0.194a

0.003

0.156a

Significance (two-tailed)

0.001

0.187

0.000

0.000

0.942

0.000

Sample size

537

504

540

542

542

542

Other vegetables

Correlation coefficient

0.264a

−0.234a

0.285a

−0.075

− 0.068

0.142a

Significance (two-tailed)

0.000

0.000

0.000

0.082

0.117

0.001

Sample size

533

500

536

538

538

538

Orange-coloured fruit

Correlation coefficient

0.085

−0.034

0.138a

−0.172a

0.025

0.082

Significance (two-tailed)

0.050

0.447

0.001

0.000

0.557

0.055

Sample size

536

503

539

541

541

541

Other fruit

Correlation coefficient

0.212a

−0.121a

0.167a

−0.085b

0.029

0.081

Significance (two-tailed)

0.000

0.007

0.000

0.049

0.501

0.059

Sample size

538

505

541

543

543

543

Dry beans and legumes

Correlation coefficient

0.222a

−0.150a

0.134a

−0.075

−0.009

0.144a

Significance (two-tailed)

0.000

0.001

0.002

0.079

0.835

0.001

Sample size

538

505

541

543

543

543

  1. aCorrelation is significant at the 0.01 level (two-tailed)
  2. bCorrelation is significant at the 0.05 level (two-tailed)