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Table 3 Infant feeding practices of 390 mother-infant dyads enrolled in the cross-sectional component of study by site

From: Feeding practices and risk factors for chronic infant undernutrition among refugees and migrants along the Thailand-Myanmar border: a mixed-methods study

Infant age < 6 months (n = 132), n (%)

Breastfeedinga

Exclusive

Predominantb

Partialc

MLA (n = 61)

23 (37.7)

32 (52.5)

6 (9.8)

WPA (n = 32)

9 (28.1)

9 (28.1)

14 (43.8)

MKT (n = 36)

9 (25.0)

17 (47.2)

10 (27.8)

Infant age ≥ 6 months (n = 258), n (%)

Practices

Safe waterc

Dietary diversityd

Minimum acceptable diete

MLA

94/98 (95.9)

23/103 (22.3)

2/103 (1.9)

WPA

62/79 (78.5)

12/80 (15.0)

7/80 (8.8)

MKT

47/73 (64.4)

23/75 (30.7)

9/75 (12.0)

All infants (n = 390), n (%)

Practices

Handwashingc

Safe stool disposalc

Appropriate age food introductionc

MLA

151/157 (96.2)

84/161 (52.2)

141/165 (85.5)

WPA

79/107 (73.8)

51/105 (48.6)

60/113 (53.1)

MKT

62/102 (60.8)

18/89 (20.2)

55/112 (49.1)

  1. MLA Mae La refugee camp, MKT Mawker Thai village, WPA Wang Pha village
  2. aExcludes three mothers (one from each site) who only fed formula milk
  3. bSignificant for trend (p = 0.029)
  4. cSignificant for trend (p < 0.001). “Safe water” excludes 5 mothers from MLA, 1 from WPA, and 1 from MKT who did not feed water the day prior. “Handwashing” excludes 4 mothers from MLA, 6 from WPA, and 10 from MKT who did not prepare the food the day prior
  5. dSignificant for trend (p = 0.020)
  6. eSignificant for trend (p = 0.008)