The influence of crop production and socioeconomic factors on seasonal household dietary diversity in Burkina Faso.

ABSTRACT: Households in low-income settings are vulnerable to seasonal changes in dietary diversity because of fluctuations in food availability and access. We assessed seasonal differences in household dietary diversity in Burkina Faso, and determined the extent to which household socioeconomic status and crop production diversity modify changes in dietary diversity across seasons, using data from the nationally representative 2014 Burkina Faso Continuous Multisectoral Survey (EMC). A household dietary diversity score based on nine food groups was created from household food consumption data collected during four rounds of the 2014 EMC. Plot-level crop production data, and data on household assets and education were used to create variables on crop diversity and household socioeconomic status, resp

SUBMITTER: Some JW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5957435 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature