Overall preference (%) | |||||
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Food | 1 st choice | 2 nd choice | 3 rd choice | Other choices | |
White rice | 61 | 34 | - | 5 | |
Refined maize ugali | 34 | 55 | 9 | 2 | |
Banana | 5 | 5 | 34 | 56 | |
Sweet potatoes | - | 2 | 7 | 91 | |
Irish potatoes | - | 2 | 21 | 77 | |
Cassava | - | - | 7 | 93 | |
Yams | - | - | 2 | 98 | |
Beans and maize mixed | - | - | 9 | 91 | |
Frequency of consumption (%) | |||||
 | Rice | Ugali | |||
Frequency of consumption | White rice (N= 44) | Brown rice (N= 5) | Refined maize ugali (N= 44) | Unrefined maize ugali (N= 43) | Unrefined sorghum ugali (N= 10) |
Tried once/few times a year | 0 | 40 | 0 | 67 | 50 |
Few times/month | 2 | 20 | 9 | 14 | 40 |
1-4 times/week | 27 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 0 |
5-7 times/week | 64 | 20 | 59 | 5 | 10 |
>Once/day | 7 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 0 |