Table 2.
Food consumption: comparing natal and marital home
| Good food groups | Current household (range: 0 (never)–5 (daily)) | Natal home | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| More | Same | Less | ||||||
| Mean | sd | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
| Roti/chapati, bread, rice, noodle or other foods made from grain (not fried) | 4·79 | 0·57 | 3 | 1·51 | 180 | 90·5 | 16 | 8·04 |
| Pumpkin, carrots, squash or sweet potato that are yellow or orange inside | 2·33 | 1·46 | 12 | 7·55 | 114 | 71·7 | 33 | 20·8 |
| White potato, yams or other foods made from roots | 4·69 | 0·57 | 8 | 4·00 | 180 | 90·0 | 12 | 6·00 |
| Any dark green, leafy vegetables | 3·39 | 1·18 | 21 | 11·1 | 121 | 63·7 | 48 | 25·3 |
| Ripe mango, papaya or banana | 2·26 | 1·46 | 16 | 10·1 | 105 | 66·5 | 37 | 23·4 |
| Dried fruits | 2·09 | 1·57 | 14 | 9·15 | 109 | 71·2 | 30 | 19·6 |
| Any other fruits or vegetables | 3·30 | 0·99 | 13 | 6·57 | 152 | 76·8 | 33 | 16·7 |
| Liver, kidney, heart or other organs of animals | 0·61 | 1·11 | 10 | 18·9 | 30 | 56·6 | 13 | 24·5 |
| Any meat such as buffalo, meat, pork, lamb, chicken, goat or duck | 2·64 | 1·26 | 26 | 15·0 | 93 | 53·8 | 54 | 31·2 |
| Eggs | 2·51 | 1·38 | 31 | 18·7 | 91 | 54·8 | 44 | 26·5 |
| Fresh or dried fish or shellfish | 1·54 | 1·32 | 19 | 15·1 | 67 | 53·2 | 40 | 31·8 |
| Any food made from beans, peas, lentils or nuts | 4·46 | 0·86 | 15 | 7·54 | 166 | 83·4 | 18 | 9·05 |
| Cheese, yogurt or other milk products | 1·64 | 1·53 | 20 | 16·0 | 76 | 60·8 | 29 | 23·2 |
| Milk (tinned, powdered or fresh animal) | 2·17 | 1·84 | 25 | 18·7 | 59 | 44·0 | 50 | 37·3 |
| Range | ||||||||
| Number of good food groups consumed less of | 2·285 | 2·61 | 0–14 | |||||