Table 3 Food group use (%) in young children in Oromiya and SNNPa regions of Ethiopia, 2015
6–8 months (n = 1139) | 9–11 months (n = 923) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Food groups†† | Boys | Girls | p-value‡ | Boys | Girls | p-value‡ |
n = 562 | n = 551 | n = 487 | n = 436 | |||
Cereals and roots/tubers | 76.9 | 78.8 | 0.471 | 90.1 | 89.9 | 0.913 |
Legumes and nuts | 26.5 | 28.7 | 0.422 | 45.4 | 38.5 | 0.039 |
Dairy | 32.9 | 34.7 | 0.568 | 31.6 | 33.7 | 0.527 |
Flesh foods | 0 | 0 | - | 0.2 | 0 | 1.000 |
Eggs | 18.9 | 20.5 | 0.498 | 20.5 | 25.2 | 0.099 |
Vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables | 4.6 | 4.9 | 0.888 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 0.641 |
Other fruits and vegetables | 19.0 | 20.5 | 0.548 | 19.7 | 25.0 | 0.057 |