Analyzing the Drivers of Household Dietary Diversity: Evidence from Burkina Faso.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The diets of millions of poor individuals lack adequate amount of essential nutrients.

Objective

To examine the determinants of household dietary diversity in Burkina Faso and assess whether the choice of a diversity metric matters.

Methods

Using survey data from 2014, we construct 3 metrics-Household Dietary Diversity Score (HDDS), Berry Index (BI), and Healthy Food Diversity Index (HFDI). Unlike the oft-used HDDS, the BI captures the quantity distribution of food items while the HFDI captures all 3 aspects of a healthy diet-count, quantity distribution, and health value. We fit linear (for BI and HFDI) and Poisson (for HDDS) models controlling for several socioeconomic and climatic covariates.

Results

Some parameter estimates are sensitive to the d

SUBMITTER: Bandyopadhyay A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8637355 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature