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Nutritional Studies During Early Childhood Feeding Practices During Infancy, and Their Relationship to Socio‐Economic and Cultural Factors
Author(s) -
BOULTON T. J. C.,
COOTE L. M.
Publication year - 1979
Publication title -
journal of paediatrics and child health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.631
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1440-1754
pISSN - 1034-4810
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1754.1979.tb01194.x
Subject(s) - medicine , ethnic group , breast feeding , incidence (geometry) , demography , breast milk , breastfeeding , early childhood , ethnic origin , pediatrics , environmental health , developmental psychology , population , psychology , biochemistry , chemistry , physics , sociology , anthropology , optics
Boulton, T. J. C. and Coote, L. M. (1979). Aust. Paediatr. J., 15, 81–86. Nutritional studies during early childhood. II. Feeding practices during infancy, and their relationship to socio‐economic and cultural factors. The results are presented of an analysis of socio‐economic and ethnic factors which are related to the practices of infant‐feeding. The results include the prevalence figures for breast‐feeding and an analysis of the different types of milk formulation used through the first year of life. The type of milk formula used related to the level of the mother's education, her country of origin, and the language spoken at home. Breast‐feeding was continued longer by mothers with tertiary education (p<0.001), and for less time by mothers born in southern Europe (p<0.05). The age of such mothers on arrival in Australia was significantly related to the duration of breast feeding (p<0.05). It is proposed that the influence of these observed relationships may lead to the establishment early in life of certain patterns of nutrient intake with possible long term effects. These may contribute to the differences in incidence of nutritionally based disorders with socio‐economic and ethnic status.