Table 2.
Average Diet Diversity Scores and Proportion of Women With Dietary Diversity Scores Below Mean (24-hour and 7-day Recall).
| 24-Hour recall | 7-Day recall | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WDDSa | HDDSa | WDDSa | HDDSa | |||||
| District | Mean | Below mean (%) | Mean | Below mean (%) | Mean | Below mean (%) | Mean | Below mean (%) |
| Munger | 3.8 | 40.8 | 6.0 | 34 | 5.4 | 55 | 7.2 | 50.7 |
| Maharajganj | 3.8 | 48.4 | 5.8 | 44 | 5.6 | 48.8 | 7.2 | 54.5 |
| Kandhamal | 4.8 | 51.7 | 6.0 | 40 | 7.1 | 53.6 | 8 | 35 |
| Kalahandi | 4.7 | 49.7 | 6.0 | 37 | 6.9 | 40.1 | 7.8 | 40.1 |
| Full Sample | 4.3 | 61.5 | 6.0 | 38.7 | 6.2 | 54.2 | 7.6 | 47.3 |
Abbreviations: HDDS, Household Dietary Diversity Score; MDDW, Minimum Dietary Diversity–Women; WDDS, Women’s Dietary Diversity Score.
a WDDS is the Women’s Dietary Diversity Score on a scale of 0-10. HDDS is the Household Dietary Diversity Score on a scale of 0-11. The districts are in the following states: Munger (Bihar), Maharajganj (Uttar Pradesh), and Kandhamal & Kalahandi (Odisha). Difference refers to the shortfall in MDDW relative to the HDDS in each district.