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Table 2 Milk consumption (expressed as percent consuming) of Filipino 6–23 month olds, by wealth category

From: Complementary feeding patterns of Filipino infants and toddlers lack diversity, especially among children from poor households

 

6–11.9 mo

12–17.9 mo

18–23.9 mo

Poorest

Middle

Richest

 

Poorest

Middle

Richest

 

Poorest

Middle

Richest

 

n = 170

n = 71

n = 105

P†

n = 183

n = 68

n = 101

P†

n = 175

n = 74

n = 114

P†

All milk

96

100

98

0.162

91

93

97

0.204

70

81

95

< 0.001

Breast milk

69

63

42

< 0.001

54

44

24

< 0.001

35

27

19

0.061

Powdered milks

17

24

18

0.449

34

19

15

0.001

34

42

29

0.242

Formula

25

31

62

< 0.001

13

40

61

< 0.001

7

23

48

< 0.001

 Infant

22

31

56

< 0.001

3

9

15

0.001

0

1

5

0.076

 Toddler/preschooler

4

0

7

0.088

10

31

47

< 0.001

7

22

43

< 0.001

  1. †Chi-square test for independence between wealth groups, P < 0.05 considered significant
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