TABLE 4.
Descriptive statistical analysis of measured food ingredients by the households in urban and rural areas in Iran.
| Food groups | Urban |
Rural |
Difference | ||||||
| Average (kg/month) | S.E. | Max | Min | Average (kg/month) | S.E. | Max | Min | ||
| Cereal | 50 | 14.87 | 91 | 29 | 62 | 18 | 102 | 33 | −9.4*** |
| Vegetable | 5.5 | 3.07 | 13 | 1.7 | 9 | 4.69 | 21 | 1.6 | −7.2*** |
| Fruits | 4.2 | 1.34 | 8 | 2.1 | 9 | 3.07 | 19 | 4 | −4.6*** |
| Dried fruits | 1.8 | 0.83 | 4 | 0.63 | 1.7 | 0.99 | 5 | 0.56 | 0.32 |
| Dairy products | 13 | 3.32 | 19 | 6.7 | 16 | 4.58 | 25 | 7 | −9.6*** |
| Legumes | 0.47 | 0.33 | 2 | 0.08 | 0.6 | 0.39 | 2 | 0.08 | −3.1*** |
| Fish meat | 2.8 | 0.41 | 4 | 1.8 | 3 | 0.49 | 4 | 1.7 | −4.5*** |
| Poultry meats | 22 | 4.68 | 33 | 13 | 25 | 7.62 | 45 | 13 | −5*** |
| Red meats | 2.4 | 1.12 | 6 | 0.69 | 3 | 1.30 | 6 | 0.44 | −0.86 |
| Vegetable oils | 16 | 3.74 | 27 | 9.5 | 18 | 4.90 | 30 | 9 | −3.9*** |
| Animal fats | 2.9 | 0.89 | 6 | 1.4 | 3 | 0.84 | 6 | 1.6 | −5.6*** |
| Sweets | 4.7 | 1.10 | 7 | 2.9 | 5 | 1.64 | 9 | 2.3 | −6.3*** |
| Spices | 4.4 | 1.95 | 10 | 2.1 | 5 | 2.26 | 11 | 2.1 | −4.3*** |
| Beverage | 0.46 | 0.26 | 2 | 0.15 | 0.44 | 0.17 | 1 | 0.11 | −2.3*** |
***Indicates significance at 1% level.