Zambia Demographic and Health Survey 2001-2002 - Measure DHS

Table 11.7 Presence of sugar in householdPercentage of households that have sugar in the home, and among these, the percent distribution of households with sugar by type ofpackaging, according to background characteristics, Zambia 2001-2002Sugarpresent inthe homeTotalnumber ofhouseholdsZambiaSugar(opaquepackage)ZambiaSugar(transparentpackage)Type of sugar packageLabeled,not fromZambiaTransparentplastic, nolabelNumberof householdswithsugarBackgroundcharacteristicOther,not seen Missing TotalResidenceUrban 44.7 2,437 74.1 7.2 1.7 11.1 5.5 0.4 100.0 1,090Rural 13.9 4,689 52.7 17.2 1.2 21.2 4.9 2.9 100.0 652ProvinceCentral 27.3 490 64.6 2.9 1.9 19.9 10.7 0.0 100.0 134Copperbelt 41.2 1,221 81.6 3.6 1.3 8.6 3.9 1.0 100.0 504Eastern 16.3 999 61.1 28.7 1.9 3.8 1.3 3.2 100.0 163Luapula 11.1 652 42.9 10.0 0.0 45.7 1.4 0.0 100.0 72Lusaka 42.4 976 71.8 5.0 1.3 14.1 7.5 0.3 100.0 413Northern 16.8 1,028 48.9 17.6 0.5 23.9 4.3 4.8 100.0 173North-Western 15.5 371 58.6 2.1 2.1 31.4 3.6 2.1 100.0 57Southern 21.3 734 42.0 36.6 4.6 9.9 5.3 1.5 100.0 156Western 10.6 656 60.9 7.2 0.0 23.2 8.7 0.0 100.0 70Total 24.4 7,126 66.1 10.9 1.5 14.8 5.3 1.3 100.0 1,742Table 11.8 shows the percent distribution of the usual weekly consumption of sugar in thehousehold by background characteristics. Forty-one percent of households report consuming more than1 kilogram of sugar per week; 28 percent consume 1 kilogram; and 13 percent consume less than akilogram of sugar per week. Nine percent of households report they do not consume any sugar.Copperbelt (55 percent), Central (54 percent), and Lusaka (52 percent) have the highest proportion ofhouseholds that report consuming more than 1 kilogram of sugar per week, while North-Western province(17 percent) has the lowest. North-Western (32 percent), Luapula (17 percent), and Northern province(14 percent) have the highest proportions of households that do not consume any sugar at all.Table 11.8 Household consumption of sugarPercent distribution of households by usual weekly consumption of sugar, according to background characteristics,Zambia 2001-2002BackgroundcharacteristicNoneLess than250gramsAmount of sugar usually consumed per weekAbouthalf a kiloAbout1 kgMore than1 kgDo notknow/notsure Missing TotalNumber ofhouseholdsResidenceUrban 1.9 4.5 7.0 27.3 54.7 4.5 0.1 100.0 2,437Rural 12.3 6.7 7.6 29.0 33.8 10.5 0.1 100.0 4,689ProvinceCentral 4.2 2.6 7.9 26.1 54.2 4.9 0.0 100.0 490Copperbelt 3.7 5.6 5.6 23.1 55.4 6.8 0.0 100.0 1,221Eastern 10.4 3.5 7.6 36.7 34.0 7.5 0.3 100.0 999Luapula 17.3 22.4 12.7 24.3 19.5 3.7 0.2 100.0 652Lusaka 0.8 3.3 9.7 29.1 51.9 5.0 0.1 100.0 976Northern 14.2 3.3 5.9 28.8 35.8 12.0 0.1 100.0 1,028North-Western 31.9 16.9 7.6 23.4 16.7 3.3 0.1 100.0 371Southern 0.6 0.6 3.1 29.5 62.0 4.1 0.0 100.0 734Western 9.7 4.0 8.0 31.8 18.2 28.2 0.0 100.0 656Total 8.7 5.9 7.4 28.4 41.0 8.5 0.1 100.0 7,126174 │ Nutrition among Children and Women