Table 3 Differences in food shares (FS) and food-shares-to-energy shares (FS:ES) for each food group, between different pairs of household members who ate any of each food group

From: Status and determinants of intra-household food allocation in rural Nepal

 

Log FS

Log FS:ES

 

Food groupa

n

Mean

95% CI

P

Mean

95% CI

P

Pregnant woman : household head

Starchy staples

149

−0.21

(−0.28, −0.13)

<0.001

0.05

(−0.00, 0.10)

0.068

Pulses (beans, peas and lentils)

137

−0.11

(−0.22, −0.00)

0.047

0.14

(0.03, 0.26)

0.017

Nuts and seeds

35

−0.05

(−0.33, 0.22)

0.70

0.14

(−0.11, 0.39)

0.271

Dairy

88

−0.31

(−0.53, −0.10)

0.004

−0.07

(−0.30, 0.17)

0.578

Flesh foods (meat, fish and shellfish)

43

−0.44

(−0.62, −0.26)

<0.001

−0.20

(−0.37, −0.04)

0.015

Eggs

24

−0.47

(−0.81, −0.12)

0.007

−0.28

(−0.63, 0.07)

0.115

Green leafy vegetables

94

0.00

(−0.16, 0.25)

0.69

0.29

(0.06, 0.52)

0.012

Other vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables

79

0.23

(−0.13, 0.59)

0.20

0.47

(0.10, 0.83)

0.012

Other vegetables

146

−0.22

(−0.31, −0.14)

<0.001

0.00

(−0.06, 0.11)

0.593

Other fruits

21

0.53

(−0.68, 1.73)

0.39

0.74

(−0.42, 1.90)

0.213

Dietary diversityb

149

−0.07

(−0.11, −0.03)

0.001

−0.06

(−0.11, −0.01)

0.022

Mother-in-law : household head

Starchy staples

149

−0.23

(−0.33, −0.13)

<0.001

0.00

(−0.00, 0.08)

0.07

Pulses (beans, peas and lentils)

136

−0.15

(−0.30, −0.01)

0.035

0.12

(0.02, 0.22)

0.017

Nuts and seeds

39

−0.28

(−0.62, 0.06)

0.107

0.00

(−0.36, 0.30)

0.84

Dairy

81

−0.47

(−0.67, −0.27)

<0.001

−0.28

(−0.47, −0.08)

0.005

Flesh foods (meat, fish and shellfish)

40

−0.38

(−0.65, −0.10)

0.008

−0.13

(−0.37, 0.10)

0.27

Eggs

27

−0.34

(−0.63, −0.06)

0.019

−0.12

(−0.42, 0.19)

0.45

Green leafy vegetables

95

0.00

(−0.20, 0.24)

0.862

0.29

(0.07, 0.52)

0.011

Other vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables

83

0.32

(−0.18, 0.82)

0.213

0.55

(0.09, 1.02)

0.020

Other vegetables

148

−0.24

(−0.33, −0.14)

<0.001

0.00

(−0.06, 0.12)

0.56

Other fruits

17

0.32

(−0.96, 1.60)

0.623

0.57

(−0.77, 1.91)

0.41

Dietary diversityb

149

−0.07

(−0.13, −0.01)

0.013

−0.02

(−0.09, 0.05)

0.54

  1. a Intakes based on average over 3-day recall period; kcal intakes adjusted for by calculating food share to energy share [FS:ES between persons a and b=(intakea/kcala)/(intakeb/kcalb)]
  2. b Dietary diversity score is based on 1-day recall period, and ‘log-FS’ was the log-transformed ratio between dietary diversity scores, whereas ‘log-FS:ES’ used the same log-dietary diversity ratio but adjusted for the corresponding log-transformed kcal intake ratios.
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