Urban household characteristics and dietary diversity: An analysis of food security in Accra, Ghana

dc.contributor.authorCodjoe, S.N.A.
dc.contributor.authorOkutu, D.
dc.contributor.authorAbu, M.
dc.date.accessioned2019-03-25T11:03:16Z
dc.date.available2019-03-25T11:03:16Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractBACKGROUND: The world's population is increasingly becoming urbanized. If the current urban growth rate is to continue, new and unprecedented challenges for food security will be inevitable. Dietary diversity has been used to ascertain food security status albeit at the multicountry and country levels. Thus, household-level studies in urban settings, particularly in sub-Sahara African, are few. Yet, it is imperative that assessments of food security are undertaken particularly in urban settings, due to the projected fast rate of urbanization and the challenges of attaining food security. OBJECTIVE: To examine household characteristics and dietary diversity. METHODS: The study uses data from 452 households from the second round of the Regional Institute for Population Studies (RIPS) EDULINK urban poverty and health study. Bivariate and multivariate analyses are undertaken. RESULTS: Mean dietary diversity for all households is 6.8. Vegetables have the highest diversity, followed by cereal-based and grain products. Household characteristics that have statistically significant associations with dietary diversity include sex and level of education of household head, household wealth quintile, and source of food. CONCLUSIONS: There is high dietary diversity in the study communities of Accra but low consumption of foods rich in micronutrient, such as fruits and milk/dairy products. The study brings to fore issues related to resource-disadvantaged entities of the urban system, namely, females, poor households, and the non-educated who have food insecurity problems.en_US
dc.identifier.otherdoi: 10.1177/0379572116631882
dc.identifier.otherVol 37(2):202-18
dc.identifier.urihttp://ugspace.ug.edu.gh/handle/123456789/28847
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.subjectAccraen_US
dc.subjectGhanaen_US
dc.subjectdietary diversityen_US
dc.subjectfood securityen_US
dc.subjectfood utilizationen_US
dc.subjecthousehold characteristicsen_US
dc.subjecturbanen_US
dc.titleUrban household characteristics and dietary diversity: An analysis of food security in Accra, Ghanaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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