Table 4.

The percentage of children in four villages reporting a given frequency of wild food consumption within a year

Wild food type	Time period interval	Makombe	Kasonga	Mtuluma	Mpheta
Vegetables	Several times a week	31.8	40.0	35.3	32.4
	Several times a month	54.6	45.0	41.2	38.6
	Several times a year	9.1	5.0	17.6	13.5
	Never	4.5	10.0	5.9	5.4
Fruits	Several times a week	34.6	20.0	53.0	8.1
	Several times a month	15.3	65.0	4.2	16.2
	Several times a year	38.5	10.0	5.9	37.8
	Never	1.5	5.0	0.0	37.8
Bushmeat	Several times a week	11.5	5.0	0.0	2.7
	Several times a month	19.2	30.0	5.9	10.8
	Several times a year	23.1	55.0	52.9	10.8
	Never	46.2	10.0	41.2	75.6
Birds and insects	Several times a week	0.0	10.0	11.8	8.1
	Several times a month	33.3	20.0	35.2	13.5
	Several times a year	55.6	50.0	35.3	59.4
	Never	11.1	20.0	17.6	18.9