Table 2 Dietary diversity among female adolescents in Northwest Ethiopia, 2022
Food groups | Baseline | End-line | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
IG freq (%) | CG freq (%) | X2 P value | IG freq (%) | CG freq (%) | X2 P value | |
Cereals and roots | 269 (100.00) | 276 (99.28) | 0.163 | 267 (99.26) | 278 | 0.15 |
Pulses | 238 (88.48) | 245 (88.13) | 0.9 | 259 (96.28) | 263 (94.60) | 0.35 |
Nuts and seeds | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | – | 0 (0.00) | 0 (0.00) | – |
Diary food | 25 (9.29) | 40 (14.39) | 0.08 | 11 (4.10) | 11 (3.96) | 0.9 |
Meat, poultry and fish | 107 (39.78) | 104 (37.41) | 0.57 | 43 (16.04) | 52 (18.71) | 0.41 |
Egg | 14 (5.22) | 18 (6.47) | 0.534 | 4 (1.53) | 6 (2.21) | 0.56 |
Dark green leafy vegetables | 4 (1.50) | 2 (0.72) | 0.391 | 1 (0.38) | 1 (0.36) | 0.98 |
Other vitamin A rich fruits and vegetables | 2 (0.74) | 1 (0.36) | 0.550 | 1 (0.40) | 0 (0.00) | 0.3 |
Other vegetables | 4 (1.5) | 0 (0.00) | 0.044 | 2 (0.75) | 1 (0.36) | 0.54 |
Other fruits | 13 (4.8) | 37 (13.36) | 0.001 | 13 (4.8) | 37 (13.36) | 0.001 |
Dietary diversity score | 24 (8.92) | 42 (15.11) | 0.03 | 8 (3.00) | 9 (3.24) | 0.86 |
Meal frequency (≥ 3) | 249 (92.57) | 261 (93.88) | 0.539 | 245 (91.08) | 254 (91.36) | 0.91 |