DDS and Seasonality Data_Abizari et al 2016.sav

Data-set on the effect of seasonality on the Dietary Diversity of school children in northern Ghana. We assessed the dietary diversity score (DDS) of the school-age children at two different time points using a qualitative 24-hour dietary recall (24hR). The baseline assessment (October 2010) was conducted before the intervention and corresponded with the onset of the dry season and the harvest of most crops especially cereals, legumes like cowpea and some root tubers particularly sweet potatoes. On the contrary, the follow-up assessment (May 2011) was conducted at the end of the intervention and was in the rainy season coinciding with the lean period when many households have their staple food (cereal and root tubers) stocks depleted.