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. 2024 Nov 12;19(11):e0313388. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0313388

Table 1. Descriptive statistics of the population’s daily food access and food consumption (sufficiency and adequacy).

      National Rural Urban
N = 151,825     66%     34%  
      Mean Median Std. Dev. Mean Median Std. Dev. Mean Median Std. Dev.
HH size 5.24 5 2.56 5.47 5 2.62 4.81 5 2.38
    Total Expenditure (per capita per day in KMF) 2,302 1,761 1,946 2,044 1,599 1,639 2,796 2,183 2,350
Food Access
Food Expenditure (share) 0.55 0.56 0.15 0.55 0.57 0.16 0.55 0.55 0.15
    HCES-DDS 12 12 2 11 12 2 12 12 2
Food Consumption
Food sufficiency Energy intake* 2,287 2,042 1,140 2,209 1,964 1,090 2,437 2,185 1,216
Food Adequacy Macronutrients Protein intake* 314 278 159 296 264 146 348 311 176
Protein (share) 0.14 0.14 0.04 0.14 0.13 0.04 0.15 0.14 0.04
Fat intake* 822 705 512 797 687 491 869 740 547
Fat kcal (share) 0.35 0.35 0.1 0.35 0.35 0.1 0.35 0.35 0.1
Carbohydrates intake* 1,076 937 575 1,040 913 554 1,145 999 606
Carbohydrates (share) 0.48 0.47 0.1 0.48 0.47 0.1 0.48 0.47 0.1
Micronutrients Calcium intake* 476 383 348 432 356 300 560 450 412
Iron intake* 14.36 12.59 7.76 13.89 12.16 7.47 15.28 13.48 8.21
Zinc intake* 7.76 6.76 4.23 7.4 6.46 3.86 8.47 7.29 4.79
Folate intake* 174 132 140 164 125 130 192 146 155
Vit C intake* 104 80 91 101 77 91 111 85 91
Vit B1 intake* 0.74 0.65 0.4 0.71 0.62 0.37 0.81 0.71 0.45
Vit B2 intake* 0.91 0.75 0.6 0.84 0.7 0.54 1.03 0.86 0.69
Vit A RAE intake* 518 248 1,097 479 231 1,010 592 286 1,244

Notes

*Energy and macronutrients intake in kcal per day per capita. Calcium, iron, zinc, vitamins B1, B2 and C are in milligrams per day per capita. Folate and vitamins A are in micrograms per day per capita. In order to compute the mean intake of macronutrients in grams, the quantities in kcal have to be divided by the corresponding Atwater factors (9 for fats and 4 for carbohydrates and proteins).

Source: own elaboration.