Table 6.
Predictors of Household dietary diversity among rural and urban households of northern Uganda (n = 364)
| Associated factors | Rural | Urban | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| β | δy/δx | p| >|z | β | δy/δx | p| >|z | |
| Knowledge(Score) |
0.114 (0.019) |
0.990 (0.158) |
0.00*** |
-0.008 (0.014) |
-0.080 (0.135) |
0.551 |
| Attitude(1-Positive, 0-otherwise) |
0.006 (0.077) |
0.053 (0.667) |
0.936 |
-0.012 (0.110) |
-0.113 (1.06) |
0.915 |
| Age of Caregiver (Log) |
-0.275 (0.490) |
-0.044 (0.078) |
0.787 |
-0.566 (0.508) |
-0.141 (0.127) |
0.265 |
| Marital status(1-Married, 0-Otherwise) |
-2.541** (0.945) |
-0.476 (0.180) |
0.008** |
1.700*** (0.630) |
0.393 (0.123) |
0.001*** |
| Education of Caregiver (1-Primary, 0-Otherwise) |
-0.840* (0.438) |
-0.146 (0.081) |
0.073* |
-0.682** (0.324) |
-0.169 (0.079) |
0.032** |
| Education of Household head (1-Secondary, 0-Otherwise) |
0.003*** (0.001) |
0.001 (0.000) |
0.002*** |
-0.002 (0.0006) |
-0.001 (0.000) |
0.011** |
| Household Size (in number) |
0.518 (0.458) |
0.081 (0.070) |
0.248 |
-0.356 (0.339) |
-0.088 (0.084) |
0.291 |
| Household Monthly Income ( Ugandan Shilling) |
-0.235 (0.446) |
-0.038 (0.074) |
0.607 |
-0.286 (0.434) |
-0.071 (0.108) |
0.509 |
| Household Food Expenditure (Ugandan Shilling) |
-2.960*** (1.153) |
-0.629 (0.143) |
0.000*** |
-0.119 (0.361) |
-0.030 (0.090) |
0.742 |
| Constant |
5.518** (2.153) |
1.053 (1.774) |
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| Pseudo R2 | 0.175 | 0.061 | ||||
| Prob > Chi2 | 0.000 | 0.031 | ||||
Asterisks denote the level of significant difference between rural and urban locations with *** denoting p < 0.01, ** p < 0.05 and *p < 0.10