Background
Methods
Study population and sampling
Inclusion and exclusion criteria
Research instruments
Data collection procedures
Food groups | Points | |
---|---|---|
1 | Cereals | 1 |
2 | White roots and tubers | 1 |
3 | Vitamin a rich vegetables and tubers | 1 |
4 | Dark green leafy vegetables | 1 |
5 | Other vegetables | 1 |
6 | Vitamin a rich fruits | 1 |
7 | Other fruits | 1 |
8 | Organ meat | 1 |
9 | Flesh meats | 1 |
10 | Eggs | 1 |
11 | Fish and seafood | 1 |
12 | Legumes, nuts and seeds | 1 |
13 | Milk and milk products | 1 |
14 | Oils and fats | 1 |
Total Points | 14 |
Operational definitions
Dietary diversity score
Minimum dietary diversity
Statistical analyses
Results
Participants’ demographic characteristic
Category (n = 254) | n | % |
---|---|---|
Age group(Years) | ||
<20 | 14 | 6 |
20–29 | 164 | 65a
|
≥30 | 76 | 29 |
Mean age 26.81 ± 5.64 SD | ||
Marital status | ||
Married | 225 | 89a
|
Unmarried | 29 | 11 |
Parity of the respondents | ||
1 | 84 | 33 |
2 | 89 | 35a
|
≥3 | 81 | 32 |
Mean parity 2 ± 2 SD | ||
Trimester of the respondents | ||
First | 13 | 5 |
Second | 138 | 54a
|
Third | 103 | 41 |
Household characteristic | ||
Household head sex | ||
Male | 225 | 89a
|
Female | 29 | 11 |
Household head | ||
Respondent | 19 | 7 |
Husband | 219 | 86a
|
Relative | 12 | 5 |
Others (Not related) | 4 | 2 |
Household size | ||
1–3 | 180 | 71a
|
4–6 | 71 | 28 |
>6 | 3 | 1 |
Mean size of household 3.02 ± 1.27 SD |
Socioeconomic characteristics of the participants’
Characteristic |
N = 254 | |
---|---|---|
n | % | |
Respondent education | ||
None | 10 | 4 |
Primary | 62 | 24 |
Secondary | 131 | 52a
|
Tertiary | 51 | 20 |
Total | 254 | 100 |
Occupation of respondents | ||
Farming | 11 | 4 |
Unemployed | 20 | 8 |
Casual labour | 21 | 8 |
Employed(salaried) | 50 | 20 |
Business | 67 | 26 |
Housewife | 85 | 34a
|
Total | 254 | 100 |
Level of income | ||
<10000 | 133 | 52 |
10000–20000 | 72 | 28 |
20001–30000 | 29 | 11 |
30001–40000 | 11 | 4 |
>40000 | 9 | 4 |
Total | 254 | 100 |
Individual dietary diversity score of the pregnant women
Consumption of foods by respondents based on food groups
Food group |
n = 254 | Percentage |
---|---|---|
Cereals | 252 | 99 |
Oils and fats | 237 | 93 |
Other vegetables | 236 | 93 |
Milk and milk products | 233 | 92 |
White root and tubers | 173 | 68 |
Dark green leafy vegetables | 148 | 58 |
Legumes, nuts and seeds | 138 | 54 |
Other fruits | 130 | 51 |
Vitamin A rich vegetables and tubers | 82 | 32 |
Flesh meats | 60 | 24 |
Eggs | 24 | 9 |
Vitamin A rich fruits | 13 | 5 |
Organ meat | 10 | 4 |
Fish and sea food | 4 | 2 |
Factors associated with dietary diversity
Variables | n (%) | COR (95% CI) | AOR (95% CI)b
|
P value |
---|---|---|---|---|
Minimum dietary diversity | ||||
Education level | ||||
Primary | 62 (24) | 1.45 (0.82, 3.33) | 1.69 (0.95, 3.67) | |
Secondary | 131 (52) | 2.24 (1.49, 5.83)a
| 2.78 (1.06, 5.32)a
| <0.001 |
Tertiary | 51 (20) | 2.61 (1.75, 7.25)a
| 2.93 (1.40, 8.63) | |
None | 10 (4) | 1 | 1 | |
Marital status | ||||
Unmarried | 29 (11) | 0.76 (0.53, 1.11)a
| 1.49 (0.93, 3.00) | |
Married | 225 (89) | 1 | 1 | |
Occupation | ||||
Casual Labour | 21 (8) | 0.74 (0.36, 1.12) | 0.66 (0.33, 1.20) | |
Housewife | 85 (34) | 1.00 (0.56, 2.13) | 1.08 (0.88, 2.45) | |
Business | 67 (26) | 1.55 (0.68, 3.01) | 1.39 (0.73, 3.23) | |
Farming | 11 (4) | 1.83 (0.82, 2.92) | 1.68 (1.04, 3.65) | |
Employed (Salaried) | 50 (20) | 2.35 (1.11, 3.96)a
| 2.29 (1.18, 4.14)a
| 0.003 |
Unemployed | 20 (8) | 1 | 1 | |
Level of income (KSh) | ||||
<10000 | 133 (52) | 1 | 1 | |
10000–20000 | 72 (28) | 1.73 (1.27, 4.33) | 1.65 (1.22, 5.39) | |
20001–30000 | 29 (12) | 1.81 (0.96, 2.66)a
| 2.08 (1.32, 3.03)a
| <0.001 |
30001–40000 | 11 (4) | 2.32 (1.33, 3.56) | 2.22 (1.15, 4.89) | |
>40000 | 9 (4) | 3.63 (2.00, 6.75)a
| 3.90 (1.93, 9.44) | |
Land ownership | ||||
No | 100 (39) | 0. 50 (0.56, 2.07)a
| 0.64 (0.44, 2.25)a
| 0.040 |
Yes | 154 (61) | 1 | 1 | |
Livestock ownership | ||||
No | 124 (49) | 0.45 (0.11, 0.66)a
| 0.23 (0.28, 1.47) | |
Yes | 130 (51) | 1 | 1 | |
Total household assets | 1.73 (0.90, 2.41)a
| 1.93 (0.73, 6.90)a
| 0.030 | |
Morbidity | ||||
Yes | 146 (57) | 0.56 (0.17, 1.39)a
| 0.78 (0.36, 2.34)a
| 0.010 |
No | 108 (43) | 1 | 1 | |
Source of lighting | ||||
Electricity | 199 (78) | 1.69 (1.10, 3.98)a
| 1.80 (1.22, 5.85) | |
Solar | 20 (8) | 1.37 (0.86, 4.77) | 1.55 (1.01, 4.63) | |
Pressure lamp | 4 (2) | 1.13 (0.64, 3.90) | 1.04 (0.72, 2.12) | |
Kerosene lamp | 31 (12) | 1 | 1 | |
Household head | ||||
Male | 225 (89) | 1.35 (0.75, 1.82) | 1.29 (0.73, 2.12) | |
Female | 29 (11) | 1 | 1 |