Table 4.
Ages of introduction and cessation of commonly used foods in 225 children from four community-run health facilities, March 2000, Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire
| Liquid | Already given
|
Never given | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Introduction | Still given | Cessation | ||||||
| N (%) | Age1 | N (%) | Current age1 | N (%) | Age1 | N (%) | Current age1 | |
| Artificial milk2 | 95 (42) | 4 (3–5) | 70 (74) | 8 (6–10) | 25 (26) | 7 (5–8) | 130 (58) | 4 (2–9) |
| Baby food #13 | 114 (51) | 4 (3–5) | 81 (71) | 8 (5–10) | 33 (29) | 6 (5–8) | 111 (49) | 4 (2–8) |
| Baby food #24 | 28 (12) | 4 (3–5) | 19 (68) | 7 (5–9) | 9 (32) | 6 (5–8) | 197 (88) | 5 (3–9) |
| Rice | 79 (35) | 8 (7–11) | 79 (100) | 10 (9–15) | 0 | - | 146 (65) | 4 (3–6) |
| Fruit, vegetable | 48 (21) | 6 (5–8) | 46 (98) | 9 (8–12) | 2 | #2:9 | 177 (79) | 5 (3–9) |
| Meat, fish | 92 (41) | 7 (6–9) | 92 (100) | 10 (9–14) | 0 | - | 133 (59) | 4 (2–5) |
| Egg | 89 (40) | 7 (5–9) | 86 (97) | 10 (8–14) | 3 | #3:6 | 136 (60) | 4 (2–6) |
1
median age (IQR) in months; #i: i children concerned by the age specified
2
powdered animal milk (different from infant formula) used to prepare the baby food
3
baby food made of flour (wheat, corn…) usually bought in the markets
4
baby food made of vitamin-enriched flour provided in community-run health facilities