Table 1. Characteristics of respondents, households, and children by study group.

Characteristics			Group 11) (n = 84)	Group 2 (n = 83)	Group 3 (n = 83)	Group 4 (n = 89)	χ2 values3)	P-value3)
Respondents
	Relation to child						18.11	0.257
		Mother	75	79.5	85.5	71.9
		Father	8.3	1.2	3.6	6.7
		Sister/brother	1.2	3.6	0	6.7
		Grandmother/grandfather	10.7	13.3	8.4	11.2
		Uncle/aunt	3.6	1.2	2.4	3.4
		Stepmother/stepfather	1.2	1.2	0	0
	Mean age		37.94 ± 9.50	37.96 ± 10.40	36.70 ± 8.10	36.43 ± 11.00		0.627
	Educational background						9.80	0.634
		Elementary level	25	13.3	14.5	19.1
		High school level	63.1	72.3	71.1	64
		College level	11.9	10.8	10.8	13.5
		Vocational	0	2.4	2.4	3.4
		No education	0	1.2	1.2	0
	Civil status						8.17	0.917
		Married	52.4	51.8	53	51.7
		Cohabiting/live-in	33.3	39.8	36.1	33.7
		Single	3.6	3.6	2.4	5.6
		Widowed	6	1.2	3.6	5.6
		Separated	4.8	2.4	4.8	2.2
		NA (children < 18 yrs)	0	1.2	0	1.1
Households
	Mean household size		6.42 ± 2.40	6.53 ± 1.90	6.59 ± 2.50	6.11 ± 2.20		0.517
	Income (PHP)
		Mean monthly household income	16,000 ± 8,880	14,500 ± 10,260	14,680 ± 13,640	18,020 ± 17,350		0.258
		Mean monthly per capita income	2,650 ± 1,450a,b	2,230 ± 1,290a	2,290 ± 2,070b,c	2,980 ± 2,630c		0.0182)
Child
	Sex						5.54	0.136
		Male	63.1	48.2	47	55.1
		Female	36.9	51.8	53	44.9

Values are presented as mean ± SD or percentages.

NA, not available; PHP, Philippine peso.

¹⁾Group1, feeding only; group 2, nutrition classes only; group 3, feeding and nutrition classes; group 4, current DepEd feeding and nutrition classes.

²⁾Using Kruskal-Wallis test.

³⁾Pearson's χ² (P-value) results: relation to child = 18.11 (0.257); educational background = 9.80 (0.634); civil status = 8.17 (0.917); sex of child = 5.54 (0.136).

^a,b,cSuperscript letters are significantly different.