Perception of affordable diet is associated with pre-school children’s diet diversity in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia: the EAT Addis survey

Table 2 Child food consumption by the affordability of the food group in the EAT Addis study, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Food groups	Food consumption by affording the food group
	Yes		No
	n(N)	%(95%CI)	n(N)	%(95%CI)	Ratio
Cereal/w root/tub	3984/4336	91.2 (90.4, 92.1)	471/532	88.4 (85.4, 90.8)	1.0
LNS	3104/4130	75.5 (73.8, 76.5)	514/768	66.8 (63.4,70.0)	1.1
Dairy products	1718/2468	69.6 (67.8,71.8)	511/2430	21.1 (19.5,22.7)	3.3
Meat and fish	720/1692	42.5 (40.2, 44.9)	540/3206	16.8 (15.6,18.5)	2.5
Eggs	920/2430	37.9 (36.0,39.8)	339/2468	13.9 (12.6,15.3)	2.7
Vit A vegs and fruits	1457/3429	42.5 (40.8, 44.1)	283/1469	19.3 (17.4, 21.4)	2.2
Other vegs and fruits	3868/4253	90.9 (90.0, 91.7)	520/645	80.6 (77.3, 83.4)	1.1

‘Yes’ and ‘No’: Indicate households reporting the respective food group as affordable and not affordable, respectively
n(N): The ‘n’ value represents the number of households within each specific food group, and ‘N’ represents the total number of households
Percentage (%): Represents the prevalence of food consumption within each affordability category along with the 95% confidence interval
Ratio: Indicates the ratio of the prevalence between ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ categories, offering insight into the differences in consumption patterns based on affordability
Abbreviations: Cereal/w root/tub- Cereals, white roots and tubers; LNS-Legumes, nuts and seeds; Vit A veg and fruits- Vitamin A rich vegetables and fruits; Other vegs and fruits- Other vegetables and fruits

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