Table 2.
Complementary feeding practice by mother's age group
| General feeding practices (infant's age per months) | All participants (n 247) |
18–29 years (n 148) |
30–45 years (n 99) |
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| Mean | ±sd | Mean | ±sd | Mean | ±sd | Coeff. | 95 % CI | Pa | ||
| First weaning food | 4·1 | 1·4 | 3·8 | 1·2 | 4·3 | 1·4 | −0·40 | −0·71 | −0·13 | 0·031 |
| Time of first introducing | ||||||||||
| Breast-milk substitute (formula, fresh or processed animal milk) | 3·1 | 2·3 | 2·9 | 2·2 | 3·5 | 2·4 | −0·65 | −1·3 | −0·50 | 0·034 |
| Beverages other than milk | 3·3 | 2·2 | 3·1 | 2·2 | 3·7 | 2·3 | −0·75 | −1·33 | −0·17 | 0·011 |
| Ready-to-eat food | 5·6 | 2·4 | 5·3 | 2·0 | 6·1 | 2·8 | −0·85 | −1·5 | −0·22 | 0·008 |
| Infants’ food-homemade | 4·5 | 1·2 | 4·4 | 1·2 | 4·6 | 1·4 | −0·25 | −0·58 | 0·10 | 0·149 |
| Regular family foodb | 10·0 | 3·8 | 9·9 | 3·4 | 10·1 | 4·4 | −0·37 | −1·4 | 0·64 | 0·473 |
a
Differences between mean younger mothers and older mothers in infant feeding practices were assessed by using a regression model with adjusting for occupation, mother education level, family income, mother BMI and infant gender.
b
This has been asked for infants aged >6 months (n 152).