Table 1. Household characteristics (weighted), stratified by the purchase of fortifiable edible oil in the household during the survey period (Jan–Apr 2015).
| Households purchasing fortifiable oil (n = 1,300) | Households purchasing non- fortifiable oila (n = 212) |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Household characteristics, mean (95% CI) | 0.9 | ||
| Household size | 4.9 (4.7, 5.2) | 4.9 (4.5, 5.3) | |
| Household by strata, % (95% CI) | 0.01 | ||
| Urban | 94.0 (89.4, 96.7) | 6.0 (3.3, 10.6) | |
| Rural low performing | 79.6 (68.5, 87.6) | 20.4 (12.4, 31.5) | |
| Rural other | 88.1 (82.2, 92.2) | 11.9 (7.8, 17.8) | |
| Overall risk of poverty, % (95% CI) | 0.001 | ||
| High MPIb | 82.1 (75.0, 87.5) | 17.9 (12.5, 25.0) | |
| Low MPIb | 91.4 (87.9, 94.0) | 8.6 (6.0, 12.1) | |
| Education, % (95% CI) | 0.008 | ||
| Respondent had ≥5 years of schooling | 91.3 (87.1, 94.2) | 8.7 (5.8, 12.9) | |
| Respondent had < 5 years of schooling | 84.0 (77.8, 88.7) | 16.0 (11.4, 22.2) | |
| Edible oil amount (ml) (mean, 95% CI) | 116.0 (107.5, 124.4) | 87.0 (76.1, 97.5) | <0.001 |
a Non-fortifiable oil is defined as an edible oil that is not mandated to be fortified (e.g. mustard seed oil) or is home-made
b MPI—Multidimensional poverty index; A household is categorized as being in poverty if MPI, a weighted index score which ranges from 0 to 1, is ≥0.33