Lactation
Several factors determine whether urban women elect to breastfeed or not
Published in Women's Health Weekly, January 22nd, 2004
"The objective of our study was to identify factors associated with the initiation of breast-feeding in a poor urban area. One hundred postpartum, nonadolescent, non-drug using mothers, 50 breast-feeding and 50 formula feeding, were consecutively interviewed," investigators in the United States report.
"Breast-feeding women were more likely to be born outside of the United States (42 vs. 14%, p=0.002), have more years of education (12.1±1.9 vs. 10.9±1.7, p=0.002), be employed either prior to or during pregnancy (38 vs. 16%, p=0.000), be married (46 vs. 26%,...
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