Table 3 Food habits of women during preconception phase Nashik, India, 2017–18
Food habits | Study n = 3574 (%) | Control n = 4301 (%) | χ2 (p) | Tribal n = 2975 (%) | Non-tribal n = 4900 (%) | Total N = 7875 (%) | χ2 (p) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Meal Consumption practice (n = 7052) | |||||||
With husband | 568 (15.9) | 816 (19.0) | 33.29 (< 0.001) | 577 (19.4) | 807 (16.5) | 1384 (17.6) | 49.67 (< 0.001) |
With family members | 2628 (73.5) | 2861 (66.5) | 1943 (65.3) | 3546 (72.4) | 5489 (69.7) | ||
After men | 43 (1.2) | 87 (2.0) | 17 (0.6) | 113 (2.3) | 130 (1.7) | ||
Last | 29 (0.8) | 20 (0.5) | 18 (0.6) | 31 (0.6) | 49 (0.5) | ||
Perception of women regarding food quantity consumed on an average (n = 6995) | |||||||
Abundant | 2358 (66.0) | 2724 (63.3) | 10.42 (0.015) | 1883 (63.3) | 3199 (65.3) | 5082 (64.5) | 12.23 (0.007) |
Enough | 848 (23.7) | 956 (22.2) | 597 (20.1) | 1207 (24.6) | 1804 (22.9) | ||
Less | 36 (1.0) | 56 (1.3) | 38 (1.3) | 54 (1.1) | 92 (1.2) | ||
Remaining | 2 (0.1) | 15 (0.3) | 9 (0.3) | 8 (0.2) | 17 (0.2) | ||
Type of food (n = 7158) | |||||||
Vegetarian | 1598 (44.7) | 1737 (40.4) | 46.46 (< 0.001) | 771 (25.9) | 2564 (52.3) | 3335 (42.3) | 487.36 (< 0.001) |
Non-vegetarian | 602 (16.8) | 952 (22.1) | 721 (24.2) | 833 (17.0) | 1554 (19.7) | ||
Occasional non-veg | 1119 (31.3) | 1150 (26.7) | 1122 (37.7) | 1147 (23.4) | 2269 (28.8) | ||