To What Extent Does Breastfeeding Explain Birth-Interval Effects on Early Childhood Mortality?

To What Extent Does Breastfeeding Explain Birth-Interval Effects on Early Childhood Mortality?

This article shows that in Nepal breastfeeding almost completely explains the effects of following birth interval on childhood mortality during the first 18 months of age and partially explains the effect of following birth interval on childhood mortality between 18 and 60 months of age. Breastfeedi...

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Veröffentlicht in:Demography 1989-08, Vol.26 (3), p.439-450
Hauptverfasser: Retherford, Robert D., Choe, Minja Kim, Thapa, Shyam, Gubhaju, Bhakta B.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age
Birth Intervals
Birth Stopping and Spacing Behavior
Breast Feeding
Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding & lactation
Child mortality
Child, Preschool
Childbirth
Childhood
Children
Children & youth
Death
Demography
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant Mortality
Infant, Newborn
Infant, Premature
Mortality
Musical intervals
Nepal - epidemiology
Proportional Hazards Models
Social research
Socioeconomic Factors
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Zusammenfassung:This article shows that in Nepal breastfeeding almost completely explains the effects of following birth interval on childhood mortality during the first 18 months of age and partially explains the effect of following birth interval on childhood mortality between 18 and 60 months of age. Breastfeeding does not explain the effect of preceding birth interval on childhood mortality. The analysis is based on an application of hazard models to data from the 1976 Nepal Fertility Survey.
ISSN:0070-3370
1533-7790
DOI:10.2307/2061603