Table 2.
Individual dietary diversity scores (MDD-W) of women for three sites and three locations per site. (Unlike superscripts indicate significant differences).
| Town | MDD-W (Mean ± sd) |
Location | MDD-W (Mean ± sd) |
Percentage of Women | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| <5 Food Groups | ≥5 Food Groups | ||||
|
Richards Bay
(n = 183) |
3.78 ± 0.07 a | 66 | 34 | ||
| Urban (n = 44) | 4.79 ± 0.15 a | 68 | 32 | ||
| Peri-Urban (n = 76) | 3.19 ± 0.11 a | 80 | 20 | ||
| Rural (n = 63) | 3.40 ± 0.13 a | 78 | 22 | ||
|
Dundee
(n = 173) |
3.21 ± 0.08 b | 87 | 13 | ||
| Urban (n = 38) | 3.74 ± 0.16 a | 74 | 26 | ||
| Peri-Urban (n = 75) | 3.09 ± 0.11 b | 91 | 9 | ||
| Rural (n = 60) | 3.03 ± 0.12 a/b | 93 | 7 | ||
|
Harrismith
(n = 198) |
3.36 ± 0.07 b | 73 | 27 | ||
| Urban (n = 55) | 4.05 ± 0.12 a | 67 | 33 | ||
| Peri-Urban (n = 85) | 3.78 ± 0.10 b | 73 | 27 | ||
| Rural (n = 58) | 3.53 ± 0.12 b | 78 | 22 | ||
|
All towns (n = 554) |
3.46 ± 0.99 | 75 | 25 | ||
| Urban (n = 137) | 3.82 ± 0.09 a | 69 | 31 | ||
| Peri-urban (n = 236) | 3.37 ± 0.07 b | 81 | 19 | ||
| Rural (n = 181) | 3.31 ± 0.07 b | 83 | 17 | ||