Table 1 Distribution of household dietary diversity and household food security scores across socio-demographic characteristics of participants (N = 343)
Variables | N (%) | HDD score | HFS score | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | SD | p | M | SD | p | ||
Residence | |||||||
Rural | 175 (51.0) | 4.09 | 1.13 | 0.908 | 26.27 | 4.68 | 0.036 |
Urban | 168 (49.0) | 4.07 | 1.16 | 27.36 | 4.92 | ||
Age in years | |||||||
≤ 40 years | 163 (47.5) | 3.93 | 1.08 | 0.024 | 27.28 | 4.66 | 0.085 |
> 40 years | 180 (52.5) | 4.21 | 1.20 | 26.38 | 4.95 | ||
Sex of family head | |||||||
Male | 333 (97.1) | 4.09 | 1.15 | 0.436 | 26.92 | 4.77 | 0.011 |
Female | 10 (2.90) | 3.80 | 0.79 | 23.00 | 5.29 | ||
Education of family head | |||||||
No schooling | 74 (21.6) | 4.11 | 0.90 | 0.877 | 26.57 | 4.02 | 0.082 |
Below secondary | 261 (76.1) | 4.07 | 1.20 | 27.00 | 4.96 | ||
Above secondary | 8 (2.30) | 4.25 | 1.39 | 28.04 | 2.96 | ||
Family type | |||||||
Nuclear | 305 (88.9) | 4.06 | 1.15 | 0.293 | 26.72 | 4.91 | 0.303 |
Joint | 38 (11.1) | 4.26 | 1.08 | 27.47 | 4.11 | ||
Family size | |||||||
≤ 5 members | 219 (63.8) | 4.03 | 1.16 | 0.316 | 27.09 | 4.98 | 0.150 |
> 5 members | 124 (36.2) | 4.16 | 1.11 | 26.31 | 4.51 | ||
Monthly income | |||||||
≤ 5000 BDT | 177 (51.6) | 3.84 | 0.94 | 0.000 | 24.60 | 4.43 | 0.000 |
> 5000 BDT | 166 (48.4) | 4.34 | 1.29 | 29.16 | 4.07 | ||
Having refrigerator | |||||||
Yes | 28 (8.20) | 4.57 | 1.14 | 0.017 | 31.00 | 3.06 | 0.000 |
No | 315 (91.8) | 4.03 | 1.14 | 26.43 | 4.78 | ||
Sources of dietary/nutrition information | |||||||
Health professional | 84 (24.5) | 4.90 | 1.24 | 0.000 | 28.48 | 5.13 | 0.000 |
Traditional media | 10 (2.9) | 4.20 | 0.79 | 27.20 | 2.35 | ||
Othersa | 93 (27.1) | 4.03 | 1.06 | 23.76 | 4.99 | ||
Don’t know | 156 (45.5) | 3.65 | 0.91 | 27.69 | 3.79 | ||