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. 2017 Dec 12;12(12):e0189022. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0189022

Table 2. Average household dietary diversity.

Dietary Diversity Scores Bahi (a) Mbarali (b) MHHb (c) FHHb (d) Total  Test (t-value) Cohen d Test (t-value) Cohen d
Mean Mean Mean Mean Mean a≠b c≠d
HDDSa 6.39 6.18 6.26 6.38 6.28 1.18 0.2 -0.52 0.1
CDDSa 2.46 1.74 2.22 1.58 2.09 1.62* 0.4 1.97** 0.4
MDD-Wa 4.28 3.66 4.15 3.20 3.97 2.23** 0.3 2.75*** 0.5
Sample size (N) 101 103 164 40 204    

aCDDS = Children’s Dietary Diversity Score (1–5 years old)

MDD-W = Minimum women dietary diversity for women (15–35 years old); HDDS = Household dietary diversity score.

Asterisks denote the level of significance for a t-test of difference in means adjusted for clustering

*** p<0.01.

**p<0.05.

*p<0.1.

bFHH-Female headed household; MHH-Male headed household.

Cohen d estimates the effect size.