Income Level but Not Nutrition Knowledge Is Associated with Dietary Diversity of Rural Pregnant Women from Northern Ghana

Table 2

Proportion of women consuming at least one food item from each of the food groups in the last 24 hours.

Food group	Frequency (%)
Starchy staples	130 (100.0)
Dark green leafy vegetables	122 (93.8)
Vitamin A-rich fruits, vegetables, and tubers	56 (53.1)
Other fruits and vegetables	111 (85.4)
Organ meats (iron rich)	10 (7.7)
Eggs	40 (30.8)
Meat and fish	112 (86.2)
Legumes, nuts, and seeds	81 (62.3)
Milk and milk products	23 (17.7)
Oils and fats	98 (75.4)
Presence of food taboos	3 (2.3)
Food cravings	41 (31.5)
Out-of-home eating	46 (35.4)
Mean ± SD women dietary diversity score	5.27 ± 1.35
Dietary diversity classification
Low	9 (6.9)
Medium	72 (55.4)
High	49 (37.7)