Comparison of influences on breastfeeding initiation of firstborn children, 1960-69 vs 1970-79

Ellen H. Starbird

Social Science & Medicine, 1991, vol. 33, issue 5, 627-634

Abstract: This study compares the determinants of breastfeeding initiation of firstborn children in two periods, 1960-69 and 1970-79, using data on 782 women from the RAND Health Insurance Experiment. The 1960-69 period covers the end of the decline in breastfeeding rates in the U.S.; the 1970-79 period was one of rapid resurgence in those rates. Different combinations of sociodemographic and birth-specific variables are significant in each period. The effects of race and administration of painkiller on breastfeeding changed significantly between periods. However, increased interest in health-promoting behavior is responsible for most of the upward pressure on breastfeeding rates over the period studied.

Keywords: breastfeeding; firstborns; time; trend; U.S. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1991
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