Table 3.

Planned weaning age and actual weaning age among Han, Uygur, Tibetan and Zhuang children in rural western China, 2005

	Han	Uygur	Tibetan	Zhuang	P value
Planned weaning age (months), median*	12	24	12	12	<0·001
Actual weaning age (months), median†	12	18	10	12	<0·001

^*Planned weaning age was obtained by interview from mothers who continued breast-feeding.

^†Actual weaning age was obtained by interview from weaned children’s mothers.