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Table 2 Milk consumption (expressed as percent consuming) of Filipino 6–23 month olds, by wealth category

From: Complementary feeding patterns of Filipino infants and toddlers lack diversity, especially among children from poor households

  6–11.9 mo 12–17.9 mo 18–23.9 mo
Poorest Middle Richest   Poorest Middle Richest   Poorest Middle Richest  
n = 170 n = 71 n = 105 P† n = 183 n = 68 n = 101 P† n = 175 n = 74 n = 114 P†
All milk 96 100 98 0.162 91 93 97 0.204 70 81 95 < 0.001
Breast milk 69 63 42 < 0.001 54 44 24 < 0.001 35 27 19 0.061
Powdered milks 17 24 18 0.449 34 19 15 0.001 34 42 29 0.242
Formula 25 31 62 < 0.001 13 40 61 < 0.001 7 23 48 < 0.001
 Infant 22 31 56 < 0.001 3 9 15 0.001 0 1 5 0.076
 Toddler/preschooler 4 0 7 0.088 10 31 47 < 0.001 7 22 43 < 0.001
  1. †Chi-square test for independence between wealth groups, P < 0.05 considered significant
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