Table 5 Household Dietary Diversity Scores (DDS) by household characteristics
From: Household food security among Hadza hunter-gatherers in Mkalama district, Tanzania
Variable | Mean score* | Total score | F-statistic | p-value | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Foraging (n = 129) | Beekeeping (n = 30) | Faming (n = 41) | ||||
Age, years | ||||||
 < 35 | 5.00 | 5.50 | 6.45 | 6.20 | 18.2 | 0.00 |
 35 +  | 3.33 | 3.88 | 4.00 | 3.43 | 5.4 | 0.01 |
Sex | ||||||
 Male | 3.29 | 3.65 | 6.10 | 3.63 | 96.7 | 0.00 |
 Female | 4.80 | 5.00 | 6.52 | 5.80 | 38.9 | 0.00 |
Education | ||||||
 No schooling | 3.40 | 4.00 | 4.00 | 3.51 | 5.6 | 0.01 |
 Formal education | 5.00 | 5.50 | 6.45 | 6.40 | 4.2 | 0.05 |
Family size | ||||||
 < 8 | 3.95 | 4.48 | 6.39 | 4.82 | 130.0 | 0.00 |
 8 +  | 3.40 | 4.10 | 6.39 | 4.12 | 190.0 | 0.00 |
Dependency ratio | ||||||
 < 0.4 | 3.13 | 6.00 | 6.58 | 5.52 | 209.0 | 0.00 |
 0.4 +  | 3.44 | 3.96 | 5.63 | 3.65 | 24.9 | 0.00 |
Farm size, acre | ||||||
 < 3 | 3.39 | 3.92 | 6.00 | 3.53 | 22.2 | 0.00 |
 3 +  | 3.57 | 4.22 | 6.44 | 5.46 | 70.9 | 0.00 |
Agricultural tools | ||||||
 No tools | 3.39 | 3.82 | 6.00 | 3.50 | 17.0 | 0.00 |
 Possesses tools | 3.56 | 4.27 | 6.43 | 5.40 | 83.8 | 0.00 |
 Overall mean | 3.40 | 4.10 | 6.39 | 4.12 | 190.6 | 0.00 |