Table 2.

Mean total fish and dried fish consumption (g/person per d) by age and wealth group, overall and by gender, in rural Bangladesh (adjusted for age, sex, wealth group and geographic region), October 2011–March 2012

	Total fish*									Dried fish†
	Overall		n		Female		Male			Female		Male
	Mean	se	Female	Male	Mean	se	Mean	se	P value	Mean	se	Mean	se	P value
Age group (years)
<2	7	1	368	358	6	1	7	1	0·61	1	1	2	<1	0·15
2–5	31	1	1143	1165	31	2	31	2	0·88	3	1	4	1	0·10
6–14	52	2	2730	2713	50	2	53	2	0·06	7	1	8	1	0·41
15–49	71	2	6483	5295	67	2	75	2	<0·001	9	1	11	1	0·002
≥50	67	2	1852	1961	61	2	73	2	<0·001	8	1	10	1	0·02
Wealth group‡
1	42a	1	2620	2318	35	2	41	2	<0·001	8	1	10	1	0·01
2	55b	1	2551	2283	51	2	58	3	<0·001	8	1	9	1	0·06
3	61c	1	2447	2301	58	3	65	3	<0·001	7	1	8	1	0·03
4	64c	1	2489	2330	66	3	71	4	0·002	10	2	12	2	0·11
5	79d	1	2469	2260	78	3	83	4	0·07	7	1	7	1	0·84
Total	60	1	12 576	11 492	57	1	63	2	0·001	8	1	9	1	<0·001

^a,b,c,dMean values within a column with unlike superscript letters were significantly different (P<0·05).

^*Total fish includes fresh, dried and fermented fish, converted to fresh weight equivalent.

^†Dried fish includes dried and fermented fish, converted to fresh weight equivalent.

^‡Wealth group 1 represents the poorest 20 % of households and wealth group 5 represents the wealthiest 20 % of households.