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. 2022 Dec 16;17(12):e0279358. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0279358

Table 1. Sample descriptive statistics (means or percentages) (N = 6,992).

Variables 2015 (N = 2,381) 2018 (N = 2,348) 2019 (N = 2,263) All sample (N = 6,992)
Male head (dummy) 0.655 0.662 0.669 0.662
Age of head (years) 47.91 (16.14) 47.69 (15.90) 47.78 (15.94) 47.80 (15.99)
Household size (persons) 5.746 (3.240) 5.662 (3.118) 5.785 (3.189) 5.730 (3.183)
Education of head (years) 1.440 (3.387) 1.333 (3.396) 1.309 (3.263) 1.362 (3.351)
Mobile phone use (dummy) 0.631 0.628 0.627 0.629
Total assets (million UGX) 6.35 (2.09) 6.93 (2.79) 6.64 (2.73) 6.64 (2.53)
Experienced shocks (dummy) 0.733 0.778 0.783 0.764
Land Size (Acres by GPS) 0.686 (3.609) 0.682 (1.858) 0.624 (1.742) 0.664 (2.565)
Farming (main income source) 0.585 0.585 0.595 0.589
FPD (bio index) 4.911 (3.319) 4.790 (3.282) 4.931 (3.282) 4.877 (3.295)
Crops FPD (bio index) 3.483 (2.761) 3.345 (2.748) 3.431 (2.777) 3.420 (2.762)
Animals’ FPD (bio index) 1.429 (1.307) 1.445 (1.338) 1.499 (1.340) 1.457 (1.328)
HDDS (food groups) 9.972 (2.594) 10.09 (2.558) 10.18 (2.371) 10.08 (2.513)
Energy (kilocalories/AE) 3,286 (2,838) 2,048 (1,643) 1,925 (2,139) 2,430 (2,347)
Iron (milligrams/AE) 25.75 (23.55) 17.65 (13.37) 17.60 (18.76) 20.39 (19.43)
Zinc (milligrams/AE) 17.36 (16.70) 11.20 (9.260) 11.42 (10.33) 13.37 (12.90)
Vitamin A (rae_micrograms/AE) 850.3 (1,217) 549.6 (789.0) 712.2 (3,504) 704.6 (2,168)
From markets
Energy (kilocalories/AE) 2,154 (2,291) 1,293 (1,396) 1,209 (1,280) 1,559 (1,776)
Iron (milligrams/AE) 14.42 (17.97) 9.760 (10.41) 10.22 (10.69) 11.50 (13.70)
Zinc (milligrams/AE) 11.53 (13.75) 7.203 (7.863) 7.747 (7.976) 8.851 (10.46)
Vitamin A (rae_micrograms/AE) 378.7 (920.5) 223.7 (507.8) 272.7 (705.9) 292.4 (735.2)
From own production
Energy (kilocalories/AE) 1,132 (1,369) 755.1 (879.8) 716.2 (1,741) 870.9 (1,384)
Iron (milligrams/AE) 11.33 (13.88) 7.887 (9.030) 7.382 (15.83) 8.895 (13.31)
Zinc (milligrams/AE) 5.834 (7.503) 3.994 (4.931) 3.676 (6.555) 4.518 (6.492)
Vitamin A (rae_micrograms/AE) 471.6 (827.4) 325.9 (592.4) 439.4 (3,440) 412.3 (2,045)
Deficiencies
Energy 0.457 0.664 0.699 0.605
Iron 0.451 0.602 0.622 0.557
Zinc 0.567 0.751 0.722 0.679
Vitamin A 0.572 0.727 0.696 0.664

FPD is farm production diversity, HDDS is household dietary diversity score, UGX is Uganda shillings (1USD = 3,557 UGX over considered years), in parentheses are standard deviations. Values without standard deviations are percentages, GPS is global positioning system, AE is adult equivalent, rae_mg is retinal activity equivalents micrograms