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

Table 3

Women dietary diversity scores stratified by sociodemographic characteristics of the participants.

Variable	Mean ± SD	95% CI of mean	value
Occupation
Employed	5.31 ± 1.36	5.06–5.55	0.125
Unemployed	4.50 ± 0.55	3.93–5.07
Marital status
Married/cohabiting	5.30 ± 1.37	5.00–5.55	0.114
Single	4.75 ± 0.71	4.16–5.30
Educational level
High	6.13 ± 1.48	5.59–6.66	0.026
Low	4.99 ± 1.18	4.75–5.23
Monthly income
≥GHC 500 (US$ 86)	7.43 ± 1.02	6.84–8.02	<0.001
<GHC 500	5.01 ± 1.14	4.80–5.22
Food taboos
Yes	4.33 ± 1.16	1.46–7.20	0.224
No	5.29 ± 1.35	5.06–5.53
Food cravings
Yes	5.22 ± 1.74	4.67–5.77	0.776
No	5.29 ± 1.13	5.05–5.53
Outside home eating
Yes	5.57 ± 1.46	5.13–6.00	0.063
No	5.11 ± 1.26	4.83–5.38