Table 3 Respondent characteristic on diet and nutrition-related information of women in the reproductive age group in Kunama population, Northwest Tigray, February 2014 (n = 284)
Diet and nutrition-related information | Frequency | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
Source of food | ||
Own product and market purchase | 231 | 81.3 |
Market purchase | 50 | 17.6 |
Own product | 3 | 1.1 |
Meal frequency per day | ||
3 times | 148 | 52.1 |
2 times | 136 | 47.9 |
Access to any nutritional information | ||
Yes | 169 | 59.5 |
No | 115 | 40.5 |
Source of information (n = 169) | ||
Health professional | 127 | 75.2 |
Media | 10 | 5.9 |
School | 22 | 13 |
Peers | 10 | 5.9 |
Frequency of fruit intake | ||
Never | 32 | 11.3 |
Weekly | 215 | 75.7 |
Monthly | 37 | 13 |
Frequency of vegetable intake | ||
Daily | 51 | 18 |
Weekly | 211 | 74.3 |
Never and monthly | 22 | 7.7 |
Frequency of animal source intake | ||
Weekly | 186 | 65.5 |
Never and monthly | 98 | 34.5 |