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Table 3 The percentage of respondents consuming different food groups, food groups consumed by more than 50% of respondents per DDS quintile for the total study population, and the frequency distribution of respondents over the quintiles according to type of settlement and sex

From: Dietary diversity of formal and informal residents in Johannesburg, South Africa

 

Quintile 1

Quintile 2

Quintile 3

Quintile 4

Quintile 5

(1–2 food groups)

(3 food groups)

(4 food groups)

(5 food groups)

(6 or more food groups)

N

85

88

114

90

93

% respondents

18

19

24

19

20

Cereals, roots and tubers

97.6

100

100

100

100

Vitamin A-rich fruit & vegetables

8.2

19.3

13.2

42.2

60.2

Vegetables other than vitamin A-rich

25.9

31.8

62.3

84.4

89.2

Fruit other than vitamin A-rich

2.4

5.7

8.8

23.3

59.1

Meat/poultry/fish

35.3

59.1

80.7

85.6

95.7

Eggs

0.0

19.3

17.5

34.4

61.3

Legumes

3.5

8.0

7.0

5.6

23.7

Dairy products

3.5

10.2

31.6

35.6

79.6

Fats/oils

4.7

46.6

78.9

88.9

100.0

Food groups consumed by > 50% of respondents

Cereals, roots & tubers

Cereals, roots & tubers

Cereals, roots & tubers

Cereals, roots & tubers

Cereals, roots & tubers

 

Meat/poultry/fish

Meat/poultry/fish

Meat/poultry/fish

Meat/poultry/fish

  

Vegetables*

Vegetables*

Vegetables*

  

Fats/oils

Fats/oils

Fats/oils

    

Vit A-rich fruit & vegetables

    

Fruit*

    

Eggs

    

Dairy products

Settlement

Informal

37.2

30.9

14.7

9.9

7.3

Formal

5.0

10.4

30.8

25.4

28.3

Sex

Males

17.9

19.9

25.4

19.9

16.9

Females

17.7

18.0

23.3

18.8

22.2

  1. * other than vitamin A-rich.