Table 4.

Child dietary diversity in relation to nonnative cattle ownership in rural areas

	Children		Children		Children
	6 to < 24 months		2 to < 5 years		6 months to < 5 years
	Nonnative cattle owner		Nonnative cattle owner		Nonnative cattle owner
	Yes (N = 11)	No (N = 542)	Yes (N = 28)	No (N = 890)	Yes (N = 39)	No (N = 1,432)
	%	%	%	%	%	%
	n	n	n	n	n	n
Adequate dietary diversity (%)	70.8*	27.2	64.1***	18.1	67.5***	22.9
	11	537	8	480	19	1,017
Dairy (%)	80.2**	24.6	79.2**	17.8	79.7**	21.4
	11	539	8	482	19	1,021
Meat (%)	7.7	29.0	0.0	21.4	4.0	25.5
	11	540	8	482	19	1,022
Eggs (%)	43.2***	5.6	43.2***	3.4	43.2***	4.6
	11	540	8	482	19	1,022
Legumes and nuts (%)	72.5	56	64.1	42.6	68.4	49.7
	11	540	8	482	19	1,022
Grains (%)	72.0	81.4	64.1	64.4	68.0	73.4
	11	540	8	482	19	1,022
Vitamin A–containing fruits and vegetables (%)	42.0	20.4	33.6	13.3	37.9	17.1
	11	540	8	481	19	1,021
Other fruits and vegetables (%)	56.3	47.9	33.6	36.9	45.2	42.7
	11	538	8	481	19	1,019

Characteristics reported are survey-corrected %. Bold text indicates the detection of a statistically significant difference between households that owned nonnative cattle and households that did not own nonnative cattle.

^*P < 0.05,

^**P < 0.01,

^***P < 0.001.