Table 2. Proportion of continued breastfeeding in infants aged 6-<12 months in China.
Age (months) | Feeding patterns | |||
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Sample size | Continued breastfeeding | Formula feeding | p-value | |
Survey 2005 | ||||
6-<8 | 6316 | 63.8 | 36.2 | <0.0001 |
8-<10 | 6305 | 52.8 | 47.2 | <0.0001 |
10-<12 | 6223 | 39.6 | 60.4 | <0.0001 |
6-<12 | 18844 | 52.1 | 47.9 | <0.0001 |
Survey 2015 | ||||
6-<8 | 7550 | 72.0 | 28.0 | <0.0001 |
8-<10 | 7531 | 60.3 | 39.7 | <0.0001 |
10-<12 | 7498 | 47.3 | 52.7 | <0.0001 |
6-<12 | 22579 | 59.9 | 40.1 | <0.0001 |
χ2 test for comparison of proportion of three feeding types.