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Table 4 Individual dietary diversity score of children in Ekumfi Narkwa by age

From: Dietary diversity and nutritional adequacy of under-fives in a fishing community in the central region of Ghana

 

Age groups (months)

  

Individual Dietary Diversity Score

6–11

12–23

24–35

36–47

48–59

Frequency (%)

N = 250

 0

4

2

0

0

0

6 (2.4)

 1

7

2

1

1

0

11 (4.4)

 2

9

9

8

1

5

32 (12)

 3

8

27

24

14

10

83 (33.2)

 4

6

25

25

13

6

75 (30)

 5

3

8

7

9

3

30 (12)

 6

0

5

6

0

0

11 (4.4)

 7

0

0

1

1

0

2 (0.8)

Total

37

78

72

39

24

250

Minimum DDS (%)

24.3

48.7

54.2

59.0

37.5

47.2