Is nutritional functional diversity in the rural food and nutrition system associated with food security and nutrient adequacy? A case study of rural areas of Zahedan district, Iran

Table 3 Association between NFD score of rural food and nutrition system with household’s Mean Adequacy Ratio, Zahedan rural areas

Predictors	Household’s MAR¹
	Without control variables	With control variables†
	B (CI95%)	B (CI95%)
NFD of homestead production	-0.035 (-1.065–694)	0.412 (-0.450–1.275)
NFD of household’s food processing	0.121 (-0.194–1.219)	0.419 (-0.297–1.134)
NFD of Consumption
Food purchased from city	0.233 (0.273–0.756)***	0.353 (0.108–0.599)**
Food purchased from village	0.032 (-0.192–0.332)	-0.017 (-0.266–0.232)
Received gift	0.146 (-0.036–1.007)	0.458 (-0.059–0.976)
Native wild vegetables	0.127 (-0.100–2.733)	0.876 (-0.504–2.256)

¹Mean Adequacy Ratio, *p < 0.05, **p < 0.01, ***p < 0.001
^†Controlled for family size, age of household’s head, household’s income, households received additional subsidy (in addition to the national subsidy), education of household’s head, household’s welfare index, employment of household’s head

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