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. 2017 Jan 11;96(1):74–82. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.16-0646

Table 5.

Child dietary diversity in relation to nonnative cattle ownership in urban 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 = 6) No (N = 137) Yes (N = 11) No (N = 216) Yes (N = 17) No (N = 353)
% % % % % %
n n n n n n
Adequate dietary diversity (%) 44.3 44.5 4.4 23.9 23.7 36.3
6 136 6 79 12 215
Dairy (%) 73.2 55.4 53.2 35.5 62.9 47.4
6 137 6 79 12 216
Meat (%) 44.3 50.9 4.4 17.9 23.7 37.5
6 137 6 79 12 216
Eggs (%) 0.0 19.6 0.0 10.1 0.0 15.8
6 137 6 79 12 216
Legumes and nuts (%) 48.0 54.3 7.9 34.2 27.3 46.3
6 136 6 79 12 215
Grains (%) 48.0 82.5 7.9* 49.9 27.3* 69.5
6 137 6 79 12 216
Vitamin A–containing fruits and vegetables (%) 23.1 24.8 0.0 7.7 11.2 18.0
6 137 6 79 12 216
Other fruits and vegetables (%) 27.9 58.2 4.4* 40.7 15.8* 51.2
6 137 6 79 12 216

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.