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. 2018 Dec 13;13(12):e0208504. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0208504

Table 6. Unadjusted differences in food expenditure categories between NCD and non-NCD households, by household type.

Very Poor Marginally Poor Marginally well-off Well-off
Non-NCD a Diff. Non-NCD Diff. Non-NCD Diff. Non-NCD Diff.
Cereal 54.481 0.387 47.299 1.181** 39.576 0.107 30.802 -1.174**
(53.596,55.366) (-1.197,1.972) (46.636,47.963) (0.014,2.348) (38.979,40.173) (-0.759,0.972) (29.751,31.854) (-2.304,-0.044)
Pulses/ 2.37 -0.094 2.602 -0.239*** 2.789 -0.197** 2.822 -0.033
Legumes (2.186,2.554) (-0.390,0.202) (2.467,2.737) (-0.417,-0.061) (2.649,2.928) (-0.362,-0.033) (2.649,2.995) (-0.233,0.167)
Fish 10.651 -0.303 12.702 -0.434 14.712 -0.553** 16.128 -0.098
(10.123,11.178) (-1.198,0.593) (12.295,13.108) (-1.056,0.187) (14.293,15.131) (-1.105,-0.001) (15.509,16.747) (-0.758,0.562)
Egg 1.12 -0.172* 1.484 -0.075 1.800 0.018 2.200 -0.083
(1.012,1.227) (-0.355,0.011) (1.400,1.568) (-0.236,0.086) (1.702,1.898) (-0.115,0.151) (2.007,2.393) (-0.333,0.168)
Meat 2.568 -0.111 4.612 -0.077 7.693 0.056 12.178 0.801
(2.220,2.915) (-0.793,0.572) (4.190,5.035) (-0.789,0.635) (7.064,8.322) (-0.636,0.747) (11.076,13.279) (-0.305,1.907)
Milk 0.87 0.03 1.831 0.023 2.878 0.386** 4.127 0.337*
(0.731,1.009) (-0.251,0.310) (1.638,2.024) (-0.296,0.341) (2.671,3.084) (0.078,0.694) (3.841,4.412) (-0.056,0.730)
Sugar 0.929 0.159 1.412 0.108 1.828 0.264** 2.558 0.473***
(0.767,1.091) (-0.074,0.392) (1.280,1.543) (-0.067,0.282) (1.691,1.964) (0.034,0.495) (2.373,2.742) (0.198,0.747)
Oil 5.172 -0.126 5.05 -0.267*** 5.003 -0.255*** 4.702 -0.216**
(5.005,5.339) (-0.417,0.166) (4.919,5.182) (-0.436,-0.098) (4.880,5.126) (-0.402,-0.108) (4.540,4.864) (-0.394,-0.038)
Fruit 1.634 0.124 2.478 0.251 3.580 0.517** 5.700 0.674***
(1.313,1.955) (-0.304,0.551) (2.175,2.780) (-0.163,0.665) (3.221,3.938) (0.105,0.930) (5.089,6.310) (0.186,1.163)
Vegetables 13.405 0.017 13.148 -0.485** 12.136 -0.294* 10.622 -0.473***
(13.057,13.754) (-0.527,0.561) (12.863,13.433) (-0.851,-0.118) (11.868,12.403) (-0.597,0.009) (10.305,10.939) (-0.780,-0.166)
Beverages 1.329 0.074 1.787 0.151 2.386 0.115 2.744 -0.033
(1.169,1.489) (-0.245,0.393) (1.645,1.928) (-0.058,0.360) (2.205,2.567) (-0.102,0.332) (2.521,2.966) (-0.283,0.216)
Misc. 5.471 0.015 5.594 -0.137 5.621 -0.163* 5.418 -0.175
(5.263,5.680) (-0.423,0.453) (5.429,5.759) (-0.384,0.110) (5.477,5.765) (-0.355,0.029) (5.247,5.589) (-0.424,0.073)

a 95% confidence interval in parentheses.

*** p<0.01

** p<0.05

* p<0.1