Table 3.
Characteristics of the Primary Sample Units by terciles of the dietary diversity score - mean, frequency and 95% confidence interval (95% CI)
| 1st tercile N = 1,162 |
2nd tercile N = 1,214 |
3rd tercile N = 1,017 |
p-value of trend | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demographics and socioeconomics characteristics | ||||
| Number of households (mean) | 9.1 (8.8-9.3) |
10.1 (9.8-10.4) |
10.7 (10.5-10.9) |
<0.0001 |
| Number of individuals (mean) | 33.0 (31.8-34.3) |
36.1 (34.8-37.3) |
37.8 (36.7-38.8) |
<0.0001 |
| Per capita household income (mean in U$) | 141.7 (125.3-158.1) |
201.4 (179.4-223.3) |
251.7 (226.1-277.3) |
<0.0001 |
| Age of the head of the family (mean) | 45.3 (44.6-46.0) |
46.7 (45.9-47.5) |
46.9 (46.2-47.6) |
0.003 |
| Years of schooling of the head of the family (mean) | 5.7 (5.4-6.0) |
6.5 (6.2-6.8) |
7.4 (7.1-7.8) |
<0.0001 |
| Frequency of household (%) with at least 1 child | 41.5 (39.5-43.6) |
38.0 (36.0-40.0) |
34.7 (32.7-36.7) |
<0.0001 |
| Frequency of household (%) with at least 1 adolescent | 43.9 (42.0-45.8) |
43.5 (41.6-45.4) |
43.2 (41.4-45.0) |
0.62 |
| Frequency of household (%) with at least 1 elderly member | 16.3 (14.9-17.6) |
18.7 (16.9-20.5) |
18.3 (16.8-79.9) |
0.06 |
| Anthropometric characteristics | ||||
| Frequency (%) of adults with underweight | 4.1 (3.5-4.6) |
3.3 (2.9-3.7) |
3.2 (2.8-3.6) |
0.01 |
| Frequency (%) of adults with overweight | 25.1 (23.7-26.4) |
27.4 (26.2-28.6) |
26.7 (25.5-27.9) |
0.10 |
| Frequency (%) of adults with obesity | 9.0 (7.8-10.1) |
10.5 (9.7-11.3) |
10.6 (9.8-11.4) |
0.05 |
Brazil - urban area, 2002-2003.