Table 1.

Sample characteristics of points of sale (POS), health facilities, mothers, and health professionals included in the study

	Percent
	Public	Private	Total
Points of sale	‐	‐	(n = 51)
Supermarkets	‐	‐	54.9
Convenience storea	‐	‐	5.9
Corner storeb	‐	‐	7.9
Pharmacies			31.3
Health facilities	(n = 29)	(n = 19)	(n = 48)
Primary health centre	100	15.7	66.6
Doctors office	‐	10.5	4.2
Maternity facility	‐	73.6	29.1
	(n = 29)	(n = 19)	(n = 48)
Physician	68.9	52.6	62.5
Nurse	27.5	15.7	22.9
Other (director, administrator, and certified public accounted)	3.45	31.5	14.5
Mothers of children <24 months	(n = 525)	(n = 168)	(n = 693)
Age of child
<6 months	52.0	50.0	51.5
≥6 months	48.0	50.0	48.4
Age (years; mean ± SD)	25.5 ± 6.5	26.5 ± 6.2	25.7 ± 6.4
Number of children <24 months
1	96.1	95.8	96.1
>2	3.8	4.1	3.8
Educationc
None	0.7	1.19	0.8
Elementary school	24.6	11.3	21.3
Middle school	45.4	27.3	41.0
High school or technician	24.8	33.3	26.8
Professional or more	4.3	26.7	9.8

^aConvenience store refers to small‐median establishments that sell food products and can be franchises or chain.

^bCorner store refers to local owners and their establishments are smaller than convenience stores.

^c P value of difference with x ² test = 0.0001.