Table 3. Pattern of Feeding of Fresh Food to the Infant (n= 109*).
* Includes infants in “more than one type of feed” category taking fresh feed along with other food type.
1 Contains one to five missing values
| Variable | Frequency (n) | Percentage (%) | Chi Square P-value | |
| Type of Fresh Feed | Cows’ milk | 107 | 98.2% | < .001 |
| any other | 2 | 1.8% | ||
| No. of Fresh Feeds Given/Day | < 5 | 100 | 91.7% | < .001 |
| 5 to 10 | 9 | 8.3% | ||
| > 10 | 0 | 0.0% | ||
| No. of Fresh Feeds Given/Night1 | 0 | 5 | 4.6% | < .001 |
| 1 | 37 | 33.9% | ||
| 2 | 51 | 46.8% | ||
| 3 | 15 | 13.8% | ||
| Fresh Feed Over-dilution Reason1 | No awareness | 24 | 22.0% | < .001 |
| Perceived intolerance to undiluted milk | 8 | 7.3% | ||
| Family pressures/financial constraints | 67 | 61.2% | ||
| No over-dilution | 5 | 4.6% | ||