To what extent does breastfeeding explain Birth-interval effects on early childhood mortality? | Zendy

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To what extent does breastfeeding explain Birth-interval effects on early childhood mortality?

Author(s) -

Robert D. Retherford,

Minja Kim Choe,

Shyam Thapa,

Bhakta B. Gubhaju

Publication year - 1989

Publication title -

demography

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.099

H-Index - 129

eISSN - 1533-7790

pISSN - 0070-3370

DOI - 10.2307/2061603

Subject(s) - breastfeeding , fertility , demography , medicine , infant mortality , child mortality , hazard ratio , population , confidence interval , pediatrics , environmental health , sociology

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.

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