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Table 8 The Household Dietary Diversity Scores from the 24-h recall

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

Site

Season

Sample size

Minimum

Maximum

Mean

Standard error

Standard deviation

Total sample

Summer

159

2

14

7.4

0.327

4.122

Winter

187

1

14

6.0

0.221

3.021

Ingquza Hill

Summer

55

2

12

4.6

0.289

2.146

Winter

69

2

10

5.0

0.245

2.036

Jozini

Summer

116

2

14

10.2

0.378

4.070

Winter

82

2

14

7.3

0.401

3.629

Maruleng

Summer

36

3

7

4.1

0.164

0.984

Winter

56

2

8

4.8

0.208

1.558

Ratlou

Summer

55

1

7

4.2

0.174

1.290

Winter

64

1

9

4.7

0.215

1.719

Non-cropping

Summer

101

1

14

6.0

0.399

4.014

Winter

81

2

9

4.7

0.178

1.603

Cropping

Summer

159

2

14

7.4

0.327

4.122

Winter

187

1

14

6.0

0.221

3.021

Irrigating

Summer

95

2

14

8.9

0.421

4.099

Winter

105

2

14

7.2

0.325

3.331