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Abstract
The influence of nine socio-demographic factors (family size; child spacing; socio-economic status; mother's employment, education, age and weight; birth weight; and father's education) on the duration of exclusive breastfeeding was studied in a group of urban mothers. Only a small fraction (15%) of the wide variability in breastfeeding behaviour could be related to these factors. Educated mothers alone started artificial feeds significantly earlier (p less than 0.05). Our findings suggest that the decision to breastfeed is largely an individual one and not related in any simple way to the easily measurable characteristics.Entities:
Keywords: Asia; Biology; Birth Weight; Body Weight; Breast Feeding; Data Analysis; Demographic Factors; Developing Countries; Economic Factors; Educational Status--women; Family And Household; Family Characteristics; Family Size; Health; Human Resources; India; Infant Nutrition; Nutrition; Occupations--men; Occupations--women; Physiology; Population; Population Characteristics; Research Methodology; Socioeconomic Factors; Socioeconomic Status; Southern Asia; Statistical Regression; Urban Population
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Year: 1989 PMID： 2630464
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Indian Pediatr ISSN： 0019-6061 Impact factor: 1.411