Table 3.

Dietary diversity score, dietary intake and care practice indicators for infant and young children aged 6 to 23 months by study community

	Malaita Province		Western Province
	M1	M2	W1	W2	ALL
n	15	8	4	8	35
Mean IYCF‐DD† score (SE)	2.8 (0.25)	2.25 (0.16)	3 (0.7)	3 (0.5)	2.8 (0.18)
% IYCF‐DD attained	20.0	0.0	25.0	50.0	22.9
% Minimum meal frequency attained	66.7	50.0	75.0	75.0	65.7
% Minimal acceptable diet attained	6.7	0.0	25.0	37.5	14.3
Child ever breastfed (%)	100	100	100	87.5	97.1
Age food introduced (months)	5.0	5.8	7.8	6.4	5.8
Age fish introduced (months)	9.5	9.6	12.0	8.0	9.4

^† IYCF‐DD (infant and young child dietary diversity)