Table 1. Proportion of households consuming foods from distinct food groups, by category of household dietary diversity and agricultural season in Burkina Faso.

Tertiles of household dietary diversity	Agricultural season
	Post-harvest season			Beginning lean season			End of lean season			Harvest season
	Low (n 7808)	Middle (n 1930)	High (n 1009)	Low (n 6563)	Middle (n 2380)	High (n 1599)	Low (n 6066)	Middle (n 2387)	High (n 1726)	Low (n 4773)	Middle (n 3551)	High (n 1803)
Household consumption in previous 7 days (%)
Staple foods	98.8	100.0	100.0	98.1	100.0	100.0	98.3	100.0	100.0	98.1	100.0	100.0
Beans and peas	31.2	75.1	79.1	24.6	61.5	75.5	29.4	64.9	75.4	48.6	85.9	86.5
Nuts and seeds	20.5	78.3	91.8	22.0	68.8	92.1	24.4	73.4	89.6	30.4	85.1	97.2
Flesh foods	85.4	99.4	100.0	85.1	99.6	99.8	84.6	99.5	99.9	81.2	98.9	99.9
Dairy foods	11.0	32.1	71.4	8.1	17.3	52.0	14.5	39.8	79.7	11.3	24.0	75.1
Eggs	1.7	6.9	34.9	1.4	6.5	34.2	3.3	14.2	55.2	1.0	2.9	29.6
Green leafy vegetables	72.9	89.5	89.6	78.5	94.6	95.7	85.1	95.6	96.5	77.6	94.8	94.5
Other vegetables	95.2	99.9	100.0	88.0	99.6	99.9	77.7	97.8	99.4	91.5	99.7	99.9
Fruits	3.4	18.8	66.1	14.0	52.1	84.4	4.2	14.9	43.5	2.9	8.8	52.0

Values are proportions of households consuming one or more foods from distinct food groups in the previous 7 days, by tertiles of household dietary diversity. Tertiles of household dietary diversity were defined as the number of food groups consumed by the household in the previous 7 days: low: ≤ 5; middle: > 5 and ≤ 6: high: > 6. Chi-square tests were used to assess differences in proportions within seasons and across tertiles of household dietary diversity. Proportions were different across seasons for all food groups at the P < 0.01 level except for staple foods across seasons within the category of medium and high dietary diversity (P > 0.05), and for flesh foods across seasons within the category of high dietary diversity (P > 0.05).