Table 3.

Mean age at introduction of solids (in weeks) and difference in age of introduction to solid foods (in weeks) between those who chose to wean for that reason or not

Rank	Theme	n	%	Mean age at weaning (weeks)	Significance
1	Wanted to eat	117	15.5	19.87 (5.22)	t (754) = 0.695, P = 0.487
2	Hunger	83	11.0	15.96 (3.08)	t (754) = −6.931, P < 0.001
3	Behaviour	77	10.2	19.31 (3.97)	t (754) = −0.455, P = 0.649
4	Weight	73	9.7	18.87 (4.88)	t (754) = −1.198, P = 0.231
5	Medical	65	8.6	19.23 (5.50)	t (754) = −0.546, P = 0.585
6	Developmental readiness	57	7.5	23.91 (2.05)	t (754) = 6.791, P < 0.001
7	Convenience	55	7.3	20.32 (5.74)	t (754) = 1.133, P = 0.257
8	Guidelines	55	7.3	24.69 (1.01)	t (754) = 7.973, P = 0.002
9	Pressure from others	50	6.6	17.32 (4.68)	t (754) = −3.197, P = 0.001
10	Needed more	49	6.5	17.41 (5.52)	t (754) = −3.036, P = 0.002
11	Physical development	40	5.3	18.57 (5.35)	t (754) = −1.246, P = 0.213
12	Fun	35	4.6	20.74 (6.40)	t (754) = 1.379, P = 0.168
Total participants		756	100