Predictors of the Duration of Breastfeeding in Low-income Women
| Autor: | Francine H. Nichols, Luann M. Hawkins, James L. Tanner |
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| Rok vydání: | 1987 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Birth weight Population Breastfeeding Mothers medicine Humans education Poverty Socioeconomic status Probability Motivation education.field_of_study business.industry Incidence (epidemiology) Age Factors Infant Newborn Infant Obstetrics and Gynecology Stepwise regression Breast Feeding Educational Status Marital status Female Infant Food business Developed country Demography |
| Zdroj: | Birth. 14:204-209 |
| ISSN: | 1523-536X 0730-7659 |
| Popis: | From 1971 to 1979 the number of women who breastfed doubled whereas the incidence of long-term breastfeeding (over 6 months) quadrupled. To determine those factors that predict the duration of breastfeeding in low income women 47 participants in the Women Infants and Children Program (WIC) who had breastfed an infant were interviewed. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and stepwise multiple regression. A combination of 4 variables--age of the infant in weeks at the time of introduction of solid foods maternal report of perceived success the mothers years of education and age of the infant in weeks at the time of introduction of the formula--explained 52% of the variance in the duration of breastfeeding. The best predictor the age of the infant at the time of introduction of solid foods accounted for 32% of the variance in the duration of breastfeeding. (Authors modified) |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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