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| Programme areas | ||
| Intervention (%) | Control (%) | All (%) | |
| Complimentary food start |
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| Before 6 month | 7.12 | 9.75 | 8 |
| After 6 month | 92.88 | 90.25 | 92 |
| Preference type of food for complimentary feeding |
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| Cereals (rice/bread/suji) | 23.85 | 24.00 | 23.9 |
| Fish | 15.45 | 14.4 | 15.1 |
| Eggs | 14.4 | 13.8 | 14.2 |
| Meat/liver | 8.55 | 6.9 | 8.0 |
| Milk and milk product | 8.7 | 10.8 | 9.4 |
| Vegetables | 21.75 | 21.3 | 21.6 |
| Fruits | 7.65 | 7.2 | 7.5 |
| Others | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| Reasons for choose that type of food |
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| Breast milk not sufficient | 83.55 | 87.6 | 84.9 |
| For maintaining good health | 2.7 | 2.1 | 2.5 |
| Cognitive development | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 |
| To met nutritional need | 3.6 | 2.1 | 3.1 |
| Make the children familiar with complementary food | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| Due to some other reasons | 9.15 | 4.2 | 7.5 |
| Frequency of complimentary feeding |
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| 3 times/day | 88.0 | 78.75 | 84.92 |
| More than 3 times/day | 12.0 | 21.25 | 15.08 |
| N | 800 | 400 | 1200 |