Table 1.
Percent of children consuming young children formula (YCF) in the study population.
12–23 Months (N = 470) | 24–36 Months (N = 440) | 12–36 Month (N = 910) | |||||
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Number of YCF Consumers | % Consuming | Number of YCF Consumers | % Consuming | Number of YCF Consumers | % Consuming | ||
Gender | Boys | 262 | 72.1 | 225 | 55.6 | 487 | 64.5 |
Girls | 208 | 70.7 | 215 | 56.7 | 423 | 63.6 | |
Family income | Low | 137 | 65.7 | 110 | 60.0 | 247 | 63.2 |
Middle | 175 | 70.9 | 149 | 50.3 | 324 | 61.4 | |
High | 143 | 77.6 a | 157 | 58.0 | 300 | 67.3 | |
Maternal education | ≤9 years | 98 | 53.1 | 84 | 42.9 | 182 | 48.4 |
10–12 years | 91 | 76.9 | 98 | 54.1 | 189 | 65.1 | |
≥12 years | 266 | 79.3 b | 234 | 61.5 b | 500 | 71.0 b |
Note: a,b P < 0.05 when compared with the percentage of children consuming YCF by family income and maternal education, respectively. Chi-square test was used.