Table 2.

Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) and other beverage consumption by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children aged 0–3 years in the Longitudinal Study of Indigenous Children Wave 1 (2008), overall and by age group and level of remoteness

			By age group						By level of remoteness
	Overall (N 933)		0–12 months (N 283)		>12–18 months (N 388)		>18–36 months (N 262)		Major cities (N 256)		Regional (N 346)		Remote (N 331)
	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n	%	n
Any SSB†,‡	50·7	473	29·3	83	56·2	218	65·7	172	36·3	93	49·7	172	62·8	208
Cordial†,‡	46·8	437	26·9	76	52·1	202	60·7	159	32·8	84	46·5	161	58·0	192
Fizzy drinks†,‡	19·2	179	5·7	164	20·9	81	31·3	82	10·2	26	19·1	66	26·3	87
Sweetened tea/coffee†,‡	12·7	118	7·1	20	12·4	48	19·1	50	5·5	14	6·4	22	24·8	82
Fruit drink†,‡	75·6	705	65·0	18	78·9	306	82·1	215	68·8	176	73·1	253	83·4	276
Water†,‡	85·4	797	80·6	228	87·9	341	87·0	228	87·9	225	78·9	273	90·3	299
Still breast-fed*,†,‡	26·3	244	33·6	95	26·6	102	18·1	47	14·1	36	15·6	54	47·0	154
Formula†,‡	30·0	280	49·8	141	26·0	101	14·5	38	41·4	106	27·5	95	23·9	79
Cow’s milk†,‡	56·0	522	30·0	85	63·1	245	73·3	192	53·1	136	62·4	216	51·4	170
Flavoured milk†,‡	24·5	229	12·0	34	28·1	109	32·8	86	17·6	45	28·6	99	25·7	85
Other milk†,‡	11·4	106	6·4	18	12·9	50	14·5	38	2·3	6	5·8	20	24·2	80

Other milk includes long-life, powdered, tinned and coconut milk.

^*N 6 missing data on breast-feeding duration; total N is 283, 384 and 260 across age groups, and 253, 346 and 328 across levels of remoteness.

^†Significant association with age group (χ² test, P < 0·05).

^‡Significant association with remoteness (χ² test, P < 0·05).