The number of human children observed was highest in samples where feeding occurred. Out of 794 children (450 males and 344 females, defined as appearing 14 years of age or younger), 543 were present during samples where humans fed macaques, whereas only 251 were present in nonfeeding samples. The difference in the number of children during feeding vs. nonfeeding samples is statistically significant (w
5107.385, Po0.05). The mean number of children present during each sample with feeding was 10.86. This is substantially greater than the average number of children present for samples where no human feeding took place, which was 1.87. However, it is important to note that we rarely observed the children actually feeding the macaques. All children were observed in cars with adults, and it was the adults who threw food to the macaques in nearly all cases