Research Article
Assessment of Dietary Diversity of Mothers and Children of 6–24 Months from Eastern and Southern Provinces of Zambia
Table 7
Dietary diversity scores (DDSs) for children and mothers.
| | DDS | Chipata (217) | Monze (177) | Total (394) | χ2 |
| | Children | | Mean | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.1 | | | SD | 1.37 | 1.34 | 1.38 | 0.0001 | | Min. | 1 | 1 | | | | Max. | 8 | 8 | | | | Scores | | 1 | 3 (1.38%) | 3 (1.69%) | 6 (1.52%) | 0.004 | | 2 | 33 (15.21%) | 10 (5.65%) | 43 (10.91%) | | 3 | 57 (26.27%) | 31 (17.51%) | 88 (22.34%) | | 4 | 59 (27.19%) | 51 (28.81%) | 110 (27.92%) | | 5 | 39 (17.97%) | 46 (25.99%) | 85 (21.57%) | | 6 | 17 (7.83%) | 28 (15.83%) | 45 (11.42%) | | 7 | 8 (3.69%) | 6 (3.39%) | 14 (3.55%) | | 8 | 1 (0.46%) | 2 (1.13%) | 3 (0.76%) | | Category | | Low (1–4) | 152 (70.05%) | 95 (53.67%) | 247 (62.69%) | 0.0008 | | High (5–8) | 65 (29.95%) | 82 (46.33%) | 147 (37.31%) | | Mothers | | Mean | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.8 | 0.0002 | | SD | 1.47 | 1.08 | 1.33 | | Min. | 2 | 2 | | | Max. | 8 | 8 | | | Scores | | 2 | 8 (3.65%) | 2 (1.13%) | 10 (2.53%) | 0.001 | | 3 | 26 (11.87%) | 24 (13.56%) | 50 (12.63%) | | 4 | 44 (20.09%) | 64 (36.16%) | 108 (27.27%) | | 5 | 59 (26.94%) | 55 (31.07%) | 114 (28.79%) | | 6 | 43 (19.63%) | 23 (12.99%) | 66 (16.67%) | | 7 | 28 (12.79%) | 9 (5.08%) | 37 (9.34%) | | 8 | 11 (5.02%) | 0 (0.00%) | 11 (2.78%) | | Category | | Low (1–4) | 78 (35.62%) | 90 (50.85%) | 168 (42.42%) | 0.0023 | | High (5–8) | 141 (64.38%) | 87 (49.15%) | 228 (57.58%) |
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