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The Relationship of Perinatal Factors to Breast Feeding
Author(s) -
BOULTON T. J. C.,
FLAVEL S. E.
Publication year - 1978
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/jpc.1978.14.3.169
Subject(s) - medicine , breast feeding , incidence (geometry) , obstetrics , pregnancy , perinatal period , pediatrics , perinatal mortality , maternal health , fetus , environmental health , population , health services , physics , biology , optics , genetics
Boulton, T. J. C. and Flavel, S. E. (1978). Aust. Paediatr. J ., 14, 169–173. The relationship of perinatal factors to breast feeding. A study has been made of 10,149 mothers whose babies were born at a major maternity hospital. The Incidence of breast feeding was related to both maternal and child factors. Mothers' and babies' health in pregnancy and the perinatal period, and existing family size, affected the likelihood of a mother breast feeding her baby. Mothers of high socio‐economic status were more likely to breast feed their babies.