Table 3.
Association between respondents’ sociodemographic characteristics and dietary diversity
| Socio-demographic characteristics | Diversity score | χ2 | df | P | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
| ||||||
| High (%) | Medium (%) | Low (%) | ||||
| Marital status | ||||||
| Single | 17 (48.6) | 10 (28.6) | 8 (22.9) | 20.24 | 6 | 0.001* |
| Married | 86 (27.7) | 168 (54.2) | 56 (18.1) | |||
| Divorced | 4 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Widowed | 1 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Ethnicity | ||||||
| Igbo | 20 (20.8) | 53 (55.2) | 23 (24.0) | 27.11 | 6 | 0.000* |
| Yoruba | 69 (33.0) | 37 (18.7) | 39 (18.7) | |||
| Hausa | 14 (70.0) | 5 (25.0) | 1 (5.0) | |||
| Others | 5 (20.0) | 19 (76.0) | 1 (4.0) | |||
| Religion | ||||||
| Christian | 67 (27.6) | 124 (51.0) | 52 (21.4) | 16.45 | 4 | 0.004* |
| Islam | 36 (35.3) | 54 (52.9) | 12 (11.8) | |||
| Traditional | 5 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Highest level of education | ||||||
| None | 8 (66.7) | 3 (25.0) | 1 (8.3) | 14.98 | 6 | 0.013* |
| Primary | 3 (30.0) | 5 (50.0) | 2 (20.0) | |||
| Secondary | 47 (37.9) | 57 (46.0) | 20 (16.1) | |||
| Tertiary | 48 (23.7) | 113 (55.9) | 41 (20.3) | |||
| Level of education (husband) | ||||||
| None | 11 (55.0) | 9 (45.0) | 0 (0.0) | 36.19 | 8 | 0.000* |
| Primary | 2 (22.0) | 2 (22.2) | 5 (55.6) | |||
| Secondary | 30 (34.9) | 41 (47.7) | 15 (17.4) | |||
| Tertiary | 44 (22.2) | 116 (58.6) | 38 (19.2) | |||
| Others | 21 (56.8) | 10 (27.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Number of children | ||||||
| 0 | 29 (24.8) | 59 (50.4) | 29 (24.8) | 6.83 | 4 | 0.035* |
| 1-3 | 77 (34.2) | 115 (51.1) | 33 (14.7) | |||
| 4 and above | 2 (25.0) | 4 (50.0) | 2 (25.0) | |||
| Occupation | ||||||
| Highly skilled professional | 37 (37.0) | 47 (47.0) | 16 (16.0) | 28.67 | 8 | 0.000 |
| Civil servant | 30 (44.1) | 35 (51.5) | 3 (4.4) | |||
| Artisan | 8 (14.6) | 31 (56.4) | 16 (29.1) | |||
| Trader | 26 (28.0) | 50 (53.8) | 17 (18.3) | |||
| Unemployed | 7 (20.6) | 12 (35.3) | 12 (35.3) | |||
| Occupation of husband | ||||||
| Highly skilled professional | 32 (27.6) | 65 (56.0) | 19 (16.4) | 18.69 | 8 | 0.01* |
| Civil servant | 37 (37.4) | 48 (48.5) | 14 (14.1) | |||
| Artisan | 11 (22.9) | 29 (60.4) | 8 (16.7) | |||
| Trader | 7 (14.9) | 23 (48.9) | 17 (36.2) | |||
| Unemployed | 0 (0.0) | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0.0) | |||
| Type of residence | ||||||
| Bungalow | 12 (46.1) | 10 (38.5) | 4 (15.4) | 17.77 | 6 | 0.01 |
| Duplex detached | 13 (61.9) | 6 (28.6) | 2 (9.5) | |||
| Flat | 59 (31.4) | 95 (50.5) | 34 (18.1) | |||
| Room apartment | 24 (20.9) | 67 (58.3) | 24 (20.9) | |||
| Estimated monthly income | ||||||
| <N10,000 | 17 (30.9) | 23 (41.8) | 15 (27.3) | 19.68 | 10 | 0.008 |
| N10,000-N20,000 | 21 (30.4) | 34 (49.3) | 14 (20.3) | |||
| N20,001-N50,000 | 32 (29.4) | 59 (54.1) | 18 (16.5) | |||
| N50,001-N100,000 | 17 (28.3) | 33 (55.0) | 10 (16.7) | |||
| N100,001-N250,000 | 9 (25.0) | 25 (69.4) | 2 (5.6) | |||
| Above N250,000 | 12 (57.1) | 4 (19.1) | 5 (23.8) | |||
*Fischer’s exact