SPICES | FREQUENCY | ||||||||||||
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No. of Households | URBAN (n = 100) | No. of Households | RURAL(n = 100) | ||||||||||
Daily | Days/Week | Weekly | Occasio-nally | Daily | Days/Week | Weekly | Occasi-onally | p value | |||||
Thrice | Twice | Thrice | Twice | ||||||||||
Red chilli powder | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Turmeric powder | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 100 | 100 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
Cumin seeds | 99 | 78 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 97 | 56 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 4 | 0.003 |
Green cardamom | 94 | 40 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 8 | 91 | 34 | 13 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 0.0593 |
Asafoetida | 94 | 38 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 91 | 13 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 31 | < 0.001 |
Fennel seeds | 94 | 34 | 11 | 25 | 12 | 12 | 90 | 27 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 20 | 0.1177 |
Carom seeds | 94 | 31 | 30 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 89 | 32 | 21 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 0.374 |
Black pepper | 93 | 34 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 88 | 30 | 10 | 6 | 27 | 18 | 0.0002 |
Coriander seeds | 91 | 19 | 18 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 87 | 15 | 9 | 30 | 15 | 19 | 0.179 |
Black Salt | 87 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 73 | 20 | 10 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 0.0826 |
Cinnamon | 84 | 1 | 19 | 27 | 15 | 22 | 70 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 | 27 | < 0.0001 |
Dry mango powder | 81 | 6 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 24 | 70 | 2 | 6 | 25 | 17 | 23 | < 0.0001 |
Fenugreek seeds | 79 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 24 | 22 | 69 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 21 | 27 | 0.0317 |
Mustard Seeds | 75 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 26 | 21 | 66 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 22 | 32 | 0.0347 |
Pomegranate seeds | 74 | 0 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 32 | 63 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 46 | 0.0049 |
Cloves | 71 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 33 | 63 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 33 | 0.876 |
Black cardamom | 70 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 36 | 52 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 | 30 | 0.766 |
Bay Leaf | 66 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 36 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 0.176 |
Gooseberry powder | 60 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 24 | 50 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 40 | < 0.0001 |
Saffron | 55 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 20 | 26 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 0.003 |
Nigella seeds | 42 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 19 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 0.002 |
Nutmeg | 37 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 0.339 |
Mace | 35 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 20 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 0.014 |
Dill | 33 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 0.028 |
Star Anise | 30 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0.174 |