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. 2018 Jun 8;10(6):747. doi: 10.3390/nu10060747

Table 3.

Infant and young child feeding knowledge and practices at baseline.

Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 p-Value 4
(Original Packaging) 1 (Improved Packaging) 2 (Improved Packaging and Cooking Demonstrations) 3
(n = 373) (n = 396) (n = 380)
n % n % N %
Caregiver knowledge
Heard message related to adequate IYCF in last 3 months 101 27 91 23 91 24 0.206 BL
Was counselled about adequate IYCF in last 3 months 35 9 56 14 44 12 0.078 BL
Correctly reported the meaning of “exclusive breastfeeding” 137 37 117 30 105 28 0.123 BL
Correctly reported the age at which complementary foods should be introduced (at six months) 220 59 a 244 62 a 201 53 b 0.026 BL
Reported “meat, liver, egg” and/or “green vegetables” as dietary sources of iron 219 59 225 57 195 51 0.273 BL
Reported at least 2 symptoms of anaemia 54 14 42 11 44 12 0.092 BL
Infant and young child feeding practices
Ever breastfed 345 92 357 90 349 92 0.409 BL
Currently being breastfed 155 42 155 39 156 41 0.932 BL
Age at which semi-solid foods were introduced:
Before six months of age 97 26 125 32 132 35 0.060 MC
At six months of age 210 56 208 53 192 51
After six months of age 65 17 63 16 56 15
Consumes family foods (i.e., foods are not processed for the child) 242 65 266 67 243 64 0.815 BL
Was fed home-made porridge yesterday 26 7 30 8 29 8 0.851 BL
Was fed commercial porridge yesterday 57 15 55 14 56 15 0.852 BL

1 Original outer packaging, as regulated by the Indonesian MoH; 2 Improved design and messages content of outer packaging; 3 Improved outer packaging combined with cooking demonstrations; 4 Using a nested design, Generalized Linear Model (GLM) applying the following base distribution link functions: BL Binomial distribution via Logit function and MC Multinomial distribution via Cumulative Logit function. Within a row, values with different superscript letters are significantly different using Wald’s Chi-square adjusted for multiple comparisons (least significant difference) post-hoc analysis (p-value < 0.05).