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

Table 3 Food consumption (expressed as percent consuming) of Filipino 6–23.9 month olds, by wealth category

	6–11.9 mo				12–17.9 mo				18–23.9 mo
	Poor	Middle	Rich		Poor	Middle	Rich		Poor	Middle	Rich
	n = 170	n = 71	n = 105	P^†	n = 183	n = 68	n = 101	P^†	n = 175	n = 74	n = 114	P^†
Rice	72	68	66	0.548	89	85	91	0.545	86	93	92	0.272
Grain-based mixed dishes	11	11	6	0.279	9	19	10	0.065	4	10	9	0.403
Corn grits	7	3	2	0.102	8	4	2	0.096	11	3	2	0.014
Infant cereal	7	23	19	0.001	0	2	4	0.022	0	0	0	–
Bread	7	4	12	0.118	11	18	25	0.011	23	30	27	0.639
Noodles	7	3	5	0.388	11	21	27	0.011	26	23	18	0.469
Vegetables	11	9	13	0.603	17	27	31	0.021	34	31	27	0.630
Fruits	9	7	2	0.071	14	10	15	0.621	16	14	18	0.741
Fish	12	9	8	0.484	29	34	21	0.146	45	41	33	0.247
Eggs	11	6	11	0.372	13	22	27	0.015	18	16	25	0.314
Sausages/luncheon meats	4	4	4	0.988	6	13	18	0.009	6	12	25	0.002
Pork	4	1	6	0.363	2	7	13	0.001	8	12	18	0.206
Chicken	2	1	2	0.969	6	7	12	0.172	7	10	16	0.186
Cookies	21	21	35	0.022	24	32	24	0.360	18	38	22	0.017
Sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs)	9	3	5	0.159	24	6	13	0.002	20	24	23	0.813
Table sugar	2	1	2	0.969	4	4	2	0.661	5	8	6	0.824
Crackers	7	17	6	0.020	18	19	21	0.871	18	19	14	0.589
Cakes	2	6	10	0.007	9	4	12	0.209	5	8	18	0.028

^†Chisquare test for independence between wealth groups, P < 0.05 considered significant

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