| Infants of Chinese-born | Infants of Australian-born | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
 | n | Mean (SD) | n | Mean (SD) |
Age stopped receiving breastmilk (months) | 177 | 4.60 (3.77) | 209 | 4.09 (4.60) |
Age when first drank infant formula products (months) | 430 | 1.16 (2.37) | 392 | 1.69 (2.67) ** |
Age when first drank cow’s milk (months) | 57 | 10.19 (5.90) | 94 | 11.10 (3.33) |
Age when first drank soy milk (months) | 28 | 9.36 (6.12) | 9 | 10.3 (5.48) |
Age when first drank water-based drinks (months) | 85 | 5.68 (4.83) | 82 | 8.96 (5.63) *** |
Age when first drank fruit juice (months) | 174 | 6.37 (4.07) | 104 | 9.92 (5.11) *** |
Age when first ate soft, semi-solid, solid foods (months) | 270 | 5.06 (1.30) | 324 | 4.65 (1.14) *** |
 | n | % | n | % |
Currently receiving breastmilk (yes) | 577 | 66.0 | 569 | 59.9** |
Age stopped breastmilk (months) | ||||
 0–6 | 133 | 75.1 | 159 | 76.1 |
 7–12 | 37 | 20.9 | 35 | 16.7 |
 > 12 | 7 | 4.0 | 15 | 7.2 |
Ever drunk infant formula products (yes) | 481 | 90.4 | 484 | 81.4*** |
Ever drunk water (yes) | 477 | 82.2 | 479 | 72.9*** |
Ever drunk cow’s milk (yes) | 475 | 13.1 | 478 | 20.5** |
Ever drunk toddler milk (yes) | 488 | 11.7 | 484 | 6.0** |
Ever drunk soy milk (yes) | 474 | 5.7 | 477 | 2.3** |
Ever drunk any water-based drinks (yes) | 476 | 18.3 | 477 | 17.0 |
Ever drunk fruit juice (yes) | 476 | 37.6 | 479 | 22.8*** |
Ever eaten soft, semi-solid, solid foods (yes) | 487 | 56.3 | 484 | 67.6*** |
Proportion of infants introduced to soft, semi-solid, solid foods prior to 6Â months (yes) | 183 | 67.8% | 245 | 75.6%* |
Ever eaten soft, semi-solid, solid foods ≤ 4 months (yes) | 107 | 39.6% | 154 | 47.5% |