Table 3.

Associations between consumption of each food group and WDDS versus demographic characteristics

		% of women who consumed each food group in the last 24 h								WDDS
	n	DGLV	Vit A F&V	Other F&V	Organ meat	Meat/fish	Eggs	Legumes, nut, seed	Milk, milk products	Mean	SD
All women	2653	45.38	11.68	98.61	0.38	68.87	28.38	32.76	27.70	4.14	1.10
Age group
15–19	184	42.93	16.30	96.20	0.00	71.20	30.43	28.80	20.11	4.06	1.14
20–29	1655	45.20	11.12	98.85	0.48	69.24	28.88	33.35	27.55	4.15	1.09
30–39	739	46.14	12.04	98.65	0.27	67.93	26.93	32.61	29.50	4.14	1.09
40–49	75	48.00	9.33	98.67	0.00	64.00	26.67	30.67	32.00	4.09	1.10
p‐value		0.838	0.186	0.037*	0.637	0.635	0.691	0.631	0.066	0.759
Geographic location
Barisal		44.73	8.48	98.71	0.39	70.69	29.95	39.20	27.51	4.20	1.11
Dhaka		63.21	12.11	99.37	0.31	67.61	26.10	34.43	30.82	4.34	0.99
Khulna		36.64	13.48	98.14	0.40	68.36	28.57	27.85	26.23	4.00	1.12
p‐value		0.000*	0.003*	0.095	0.956	0.401	0.274	0.000*	0.109	0.000*
Women's education
None	255	48.63	12.16	98.82	1.18	60.78	22.35	28.63	19.61	3.92	1.12
Primary incomplete	385	41.82	9.09	98.70	0.26	65.45	21.56	30.13	22.08	3.89	0.98
Primary complete	435	47.82	10.57	98.85	0.00	65.75	25.75	31.72	26.90	4.07	1.05
Secondary incomplete	1178	44.40	12.48	98.22	0.42	70.03	31.15	33.96	27.16	4.18	1.10
Secondary complete or higher	400	47.00	12.75	99.25	0.25	77.25	33.50	35.50	40.75	4.46	1.13
p‐value		0.289	0.374	0.591	0.173	0.000*	0.000*	0.237	0.000*	0.000*
Household head's education
None	771	45.53	11.80	98.44	0.13	67.44	23.99	29.96	23.35	4.01	1.10
Primary incomplete	487	42.09	9.86	98.77	0.82	66.53	26.49	30.18	27.52	4.02	1.05
Primary complete	370	44.05	13.24	99.73	0.81	67.84	30.81	34.59	23.51	4.15	1.04
Secondary incomplete	694	46.97	11.10	98.13	0.14	70.89	28.53	34.73	29.25	4.20	1.07
Secondary complete or higher	331	48.04	13.60	98.49	0.30	72.51	38.37	36.86	39.58	4.48	1.18
p‐value		0.400	0.425	0.305	0.151	0.237	0.000*	0.074	0.000*	0.000*
Wealth quintiles
Poorest	525	48.00	10.48	98.86	0.38	63.24	23.24	30.86	25.33	4.00	1.03
Poorer	530	49.43	11.51	99.25	0.19	67.17	27.17	33.02	23.96	4.12	1.04
Middle	527	44.21	11.20	97.91	0.57	69.07	28.08	33.40	26.19	4.11	1.10
Richer	530	43.02	10.94	98.30	0.57	69.06	30.75	36.23	29.06	4.18	1.12
Richest	541	42.33	14.23	98.71	0.18	75.60	32.53	30.31	33.83	4.28	1.16
p‐value		0.075	0.335	0.399	0.725	0.001**	0.010**	0.254	0.003**	0.001*
Gender of household head
Female	392	44.90	7.40	99.23	0.51	68.88	31.89	32.14	29.08	4.14	1.07
Male	2261	45.47	12.43	98.50	0.35	68.86	27.78	32.86	27.47	4.14	1.10
p‐value		0.835	0.004*	0.250	0.641	0.996	0.095	0.780	0.509	0.957

Note: n = 2653 for all results. Comparisons were done using Pearson's χ ² test.

Abbreviations: DGLV, dark green leafy vegetables; WDDS, Women's Dietary Diversity Score.

^* p < 0.05

^** p < 0.01.