Table 1.
Inequalities in diet quality indicators, 2019
| Prevalence [95% confidence interval] | Absolute and relative inequality measures | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| National | Q1 | Q5 | Q5‐Q1 | Q5/Q1 | SII | p value | CIX | p value | |
| IYCF indicators | |||||||||
| MDD | 13.5 [10.5,17.3] | 6.4 [3.1,12.7] | 20.4 [13.6,29.5] | 14 | 3.2 | 16.6 [6.0, 27.1] | 0.002 | 19.9 [7.2, 32.6] | 0.002 |
| MMF | 55.5 [50.7,60.2] | 36.7 [29.0,45.0] | 70.1 [59.4,78.9] | 33.4 | 1.9 | 37.9 [23.4, 52.3] | <0.001 | 11.1 [6.9, 15.3] | <0.001 |
| MAD | 11.3 [8.6,14.7] | 2.6 [0.9,7.4] | 17.4 [11.4,25.7] | 14.8 | 6.7 | 16.7 [7.7, 25.7] | <0.001 | 24.1 [11.2, 37.0] | <0.001 |
| Food groups consumed | |||||||||
| Breastmilk | 85.3 [82.0,88.0] | 76.3 [69.7,81.9] | 80 [68.9,87.9] | 3.7 | 1.0 | 2.9 [−9.0, 14.7] | 0.633 | 0.6 [−1.6, 2.8] | 0.568 |
| Grains, roots, tubers | 71.3 [67.9,74.5] | 64.1 [56.5,71.0] | 81 [70.6,88.3] | 16.9 | 1.3 | 15.6 [3.2, 28.0] | 0.014 | 3.4 [0.6, 6.2] | 0.018 |
| Dairy products | 34.9 [30.5,39.6] | 32 [24.1,41.0] | 43.9 [33.1,55.4] | 11.9 | 1.4 | 14.4 [−1.6, 30.5] | 0.077 | 6.6 [−0.9, 14.1] | 0.083 |
| Legumes and nuts | 24.9 [21.4,28.7] | 18.2 [12.7,25.3] | 28.8 [21.6,37.2] | 10.6 | 1.6 | 10.9 [−0.6, 22.5] | 0.064 | 7.1 [−0.4, 14.6] | 0.064 |
| Eggs | 18.2 [14.9,22.0] | 9.3 [5.6,14.9] | 24.2 [16.1,34.6] | 14.9 | 2.6 | 15.4 [2.9, 28.0] | 0.016 | 13.7 [2.4, 24.9] | 0.017 |
| Vitamin A‐rich fruits and vegetables | 26.7 [23.0,30.9] | 10.8 [6.5,17.5] | 36.5 [26.7,47.4] | 25.7 | 3.4 | 28.2 [14.7, 41.7] | <0.001 | 17.2 [9.0, 25.3] | <0.001 |
| Other fruits and vegetables | 10.7 [8.2,13.8] | 3.3 [1.4,7.4] | 17.7 [11.4,26.3] | 14.4 | 5.4 | 17 [7.5, 26.5] | 0.001 | 25.8 [11.4, 40.1] | <0.001 |
| Flesh: meat, poultry, fish | 8.8 [5.9,13.0] | 3.4 [1.5,7.2] | 17.4 [11.9,24.7] | 14 | 4.1 | 17.5 [9.8, 25.2] | <0.001 | 32.3 [18.2, 46.3] | <0.001 |
| Unhealthy feeding practice | |||||||||
| Zero fruits and variables | 69.3 [64.6,73.7] | 87.3 [80.6,91.9] | 57.5 [45.1,69.0] | 29.8 | 0.7 | 33.6 [49.4, 17.9] | <0.001 | −7.9 [−11.6, −4.2] | <0.001 |
| Bottle‐feeding | 25.4 [21.6,29.6] | 18.8 [11.3,29.5] | 41.1 [34.2,48.4] | 22.3 | 2.2 | 31.2 [16.9, 45.6] | <0.001 | 20.1 [10.8, 29.4] | <0.001 |
Note: CIX was multiplied by 100 for presentation purposes; p‐values represent significant difference by wealth quintile; values are point estimates (means) with their 95% confidence intervals in brackets.
Abbreviations: CIX, concentration index; IYCF, infant and young child feeding; Q1, quintile 1, Q5, quintile 5; SII, slope index inequality.