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Use the following resources to conduct your own diet quality survey and analyze the results.
- DQQ translated into the national language(s) and in English
- IYCF DQQ: Companion questionnaire for infants and young children (age 6-23 months)
Dominican Republic
Required citation for use of the country-adapted DQQ or IYCF DQQ:
Global Diet Quality Project. Diet Quality Questionnaire (DQQ) for Dominican Republic. Accessed at dietquality.org on August 15, 2025.You are free to use the Diet Quality Questionnaires (DQQ), under the terms of the CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license under which they are published. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made during use. No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted, meaning you cannot distribute a modified form of the work.
- BY: Credit must be given to the creator.
- NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.
- ND: No derivatives or adaptations of the work are permitted.
Required citation for use of the Required citation for use of the country-level results (for example, MDD-W prevalence in a country):
Global Diet Quality Project. 2024. “DQQ Results Dataset 2021-2024.” Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/doi:10.7910/DVN/KY3W8A. Accessed at dietquality.org on August 15, 2025.You are free to use the DQQ data, under the terms of the CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license under which they are published. You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made.
- BY: Credit must be given to the creator.
- NC: Only noncommercial uses of the work are permitted.
- SA: Adaptations must be shared under the same terms.
Required citation for use of the Gallup World Poll microdata:
Global Diet Quality Project. 2024. “DQQ Microdata 2021-2024.” Harvard Dataverse. https://doi.org/doi:10.7910/DVN/PWWJSA.Indicators
Data collected Aug 19 – Sep 9, 2023
Minimum Dietary Diversity - Women (MDD-W)
61%
All-5
29%
Protective Food Consumption (PFC)
34%
Vegetables
56%
Fruits
71%
At least one whole grain, pulse, nut, or seed
65%
Unhealthy Food Consumption (UFC)
82%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
41%
More than one sugary food or beverage
70%
More than one salty ultra-processed food
34%
Processed meats
54%
Healthy Diet Pattern for prevention of chronic disease
5%
Zero vegetable or fruit consumption
17%
Dietary Diversity Score (DDS)
5.2
Starchy staple foods
95%
Whole grains
24%
Foods made from grains
87%
White roots, tubers, or plantains
64%
Pulses, nuts or seeds
57%
Pulses
52%
Nuts or seeds
13%
Vegetables
56%
Vitamin A-rich orange vegetables
25%
Dark green leafy vegetables
8%
Other vegetables
46%
Fruits
71%
Vitamin A-rich fruits
41%
Citrus
9%
Other fruits
59%
Animal-source foods
96%
Dairy
54%
Milk
34%
Yogurt
9%
Cheese
34%
Eggs
52%
Meat, poultry, or fish
87%
Fish or seafood
14%
Poultry
47%
Unprocessed red meat
27%
Unprocessed red meat (ruminants)
15%
Unprocessed red meat (non-ruminants)
16%
Fast food or instant noodles
15%
Salty or fried snacks
46%
Packaged ultra-processed salty snacks
17%
Instant noodles
11%
Fast food
5%
Deep fried foods
32%
Sweet foods
48%
Baked or grain-based sweets
36%
Other sweets
28%
Sweet beverages
86%
Soft drinks (soda, energy drinks, sports drinks)
41%
Sweet tea, coffee, or cocoa
57%
Fruit juice and fruit drinks
47%
% indicates percent of the population consuming in the previous day or night